id:			296764
accession number:	2017.81
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.81
updated:		2023-08-24 01:18:54.629000

"Flirting" Group in Front of Fence, Pitt St., Lower East Side, NY, 1938 (printed later). Walter Rosenblum (American, 1919–2006). Gelatin silver print, selenium toned; image: 18.9 x 24 cm (7 7/16 x 9 7/16 in.); paper: 19.5 x 24.6 cm (7 11/16 x 9 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Rosenblum Family 2017.81

title:				"Flirting" Group in Front of Fence, 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, selenium 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: 18.9 x 24 cm (7 7/16 x 9 7/16 in.); Paper: 19.5 x 24.6 cm (7 11/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in black ink on verso: “Flirting/Group in Front of Fence/Pitt St. N.Y. 1938”
Written in black ink on verso: “Walter Rosenblum (signed)”
Written in pencil on verso: “ACMS WR0015.17”
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Taken at the height of the Depression when Rosenblum was 19, these images depict a world he knew intimately. One of five children of immigrant parents, Rosenblum grew up in a three-room flat with no hot water in one of the tenement buildings that filled New York’s Lower East Side, not far from Rivington and Pitt Streets. Because the apartments were small and crowded, much of life was lived on the street, providing ample material for Rosenblum’s camera. His photographs demonstrate the humanity and courage of individuals who survive, and even experience joy, in stressful environments.
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