id:			168873
accession number:	2010.556
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.556
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:25.330000

Store Front Churches: Piano and Choir Robes, 1958–1960. Milton Rogovin (American, 1909–2011). Gelatin silver print; image: 20.3 x 17.2 cm (8 x 6 3/4 in.); mounted: 30.5 x 25.4 cm (12 x 10 in.); paper: 20.3 x 17.2 cm (8 x 6 3/4 in.); matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Philip Greider 2010.556 © Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents

title:				Store Front Churches: Piano and Choir Robes
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creation date:			1958–1960
creation date earliest:		1958
creation date latest:		1960
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creditline:			Gift of Dr. Philip Greider
copyright:			© Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1951-Present
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Milton Rogovin (American, 1909–2011)  - artist
Milton Rogovin American, 1909- "The great photographer immersed himself in the poetry of simplicity and came to the surface with the net full of clear fish and flowers of profundity," Chilean poet Pablo Neruda wrote of Milton Rogovin. A social documentary photographer in the tradition of Lewis Hine, Rogovin's subjects have consistently been the world's urban and rural poor. His monograph The Forgotten Ones (1985) included series on storefront churches; portraits from Appalachia, Chile, and Spain; the Lower West Side of Buffalo; the Yemeni series at Lackawanna, New York; and mining villages in Scotland. Born in New York City, Rogovin acquired his first camera in 1942, teaching himself photography during the evenings, weekends, and vacations from his job as an optometrist in Buffalo (a vocation he practiced until 1977). He holds a B.A. in optics and optometry from Columbia University (1931) and an M.A. in American studies from the State University of New York at Buffalo (1971). For his dedication to humanitarian documentary photography, Rogovin received the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Award in 1983. He lives in Buffalo. A.W.
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measurements: Image: 20.3 x 17.2 cm (8 x 6 3/4 in.); Mounted: 30.5 x 25.4 cm (12 x 10 in.); Paper: 20.3 x 17.2 cm (8 x 6 3/4 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on recto of mount: "Milton Rogovin (signed) 58-60"
Written in pencil on verso: "Store-Front Churches see: East Side 337-10/Home Series 58-61/337-10 Home Series"

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PROVENANCE

	Artist; Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica; Private Collector; Cleveland Museum of Art
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