id:			296762
accession number:	2017.79
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.79
updated:		2023-08-24 01:18:53.766000

Family in Front of Synagogue, Pitt St., Lower East Side, NY, 1938, printed later. Walter Rosenblum (American, 1919–2006). Gelatin silver print, gold-toned; image: 16.8 x 22.2 cm (6 5/8 x 8 3/4 in.); paper: 19.3 x 24 cm (7 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Rosenblum Family 2017.79

title:				Family in Front of Synagogue, Pitt St., Lower East Side, NY
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creation date:			1938, printed later
creation date earliest:		1938
creation date latest:		1938
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creditline:			Gift of the Rosenblum Family
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culture:	American, 20th century
technique:	gelatin silver print, gold-toned
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1900-1950
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Walter Rosenblum (American, 1919–2006)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 16.8 x 22.2 cm (6 5/8 x 8 3/4 in.); Paper: 19.3 x 24 cm (7 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Written in black ink on verso: “Family in Front of Synagogue/Pitt St NY 1938”
Written in black ink on verso: “Walter Rosenblum (signed)”
Written in pencil on verso: “CAMS WR 0004.05”
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		A New York Minute: Street Photography, 1920-1950
	opening date:   2021-07-11T04:00:00
	<i>A New York Minute: Street Photography, 1920-1950</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-November 7, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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wall description:
Taken when Walter Rosenblum was 19, these images depict a world he knew intimately: street life on the Lower East Side. One of five children of Jewish immigrants, Rosenblum grew up in a three-room tenement flat without hot running water not far from Pitt Street. He understood the desire to exchange stuffy, overcrowded apartments for the fresher, cooler air of the street. Rosenblum is one of many photographers in this exhibition who belonged to the Photo League, whose members sought to bring about social change through photography.
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