id: 285296 accession number: 2016.638 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.638 updated: 2024-03-26 02:01:50.263000 Under the 3rd Avenue El at Chatham Square, New York, 1946, printed 1976. Todd Webb (American, 1905–2000). Gelatin silver print; image: 16.3 x 21.3 cm (6 7/16 x 8 3/8 in.); paper: 20.3 x 25.3 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Transfer from Ingalls Library 2016.638 title: Under the 3rd Avenue El at Chatham Square, New York title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1946, printed 1976 creation date earliest: 1946 creation date latest: 1976 current location: creditline: Transfer from Ingalls Library copyright: --- culture: America technique: gelatin silver print department: Photography collection: PH - American 1951-Present type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Todd Webb (American, 1905–2000) - artist Todd Webb (American, 1905-2000) is best known for his photographs capturing the character of everyday life in New York City and Paris during the 1940s-50s. Born Charles Clayton Webb III in Detroit, he became interested in photography while working for Chrysler Corporation. In 1938 he joined the Chrysler Camera Club and became close friends with another club member, Harry Callahan. Both men were greatly inspired by a workshop with Ansel Adams during his visit to Detroit in 1941, and in the summer of 1942 they made a trip out west to photograph. During World War II Webb served as a photographer in the navy and following his discharge in 1945 moved to New York City. He roamed the city's streets, recording with his camera the experiences of daily life. In early 1947 Roy Stryker hired Webb to work on the Standard Oil of New Jersey photographic project, sending him on assignment to Philadelphia, Louisiana, Pittsburgh, and New England. The following year Webb visited Paris after a summer spent photographing the English countryside for the color agency Cameraclix. He returned to Paris in 1949, living there until 1952. In 1955 and 1956 Webb received fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation for a photographic study of the pioneer trails out to Oregon and California. He went on to do work for the United Nations, to document early Texas buildings under a commission from the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, and to photograph in Europe under a 1979 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. --- measurements: Image: 16.3 x 21.3 cm (6 7/16 x 8 3/8 in.); Paper: 20.3 x 25.3 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in black marker on recto: “45NY46-62” Written in black marker on recto: “Under the 3rd Ave El at Chatham Square-New York, 1946 Todd Webb (signed)” Stamped in blue ink on verso: “Copyright © 19 [76 written in black ink] Vintage [written in black ink] Todd Webb [stamped in blue ink]” translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: A New York Minute: Street Photography, 1920-1950 opening date: 2021-07-11T04:00:00 A New York Minute: Street Photography, 1920-1950. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-November 7, 2021). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES