id:			296765
accession number:	2017.82
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.82
updated:		2023-08-24 01:18:55.066000

Argument Nut Game, Rivington Street, Lower East Side, New York, 1938, printed later. Walter Rosenblum (American, 1919–2006). Gelatin silver print, gold-toned; image: 15.8 x 20.9 cm (6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.); paper: 16.9 x 22.2 cm (6 5/8 x 8 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Rosenblum Family 2017.82

title:				Argument Nut Game, Rivington Street, Lower East Side, New York
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series:				
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creation date:			1938, printed later
creation date earliest:		1938
creation date latest:		1938
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of the Rosenblum Family
copyright:			

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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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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Image: 15.8 x 20.9 cm (6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.); Paper: 16.9 x 22.2 cm (6 5/8 x 8 3/4 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Written in black ink on verso: “Argument-Nut Game/Rivington St. N.Y. 1938”
Written in black ink on verso: “Walter Rosenblum (signed)”
Written in pencil on verso: “ACMS WR0031.06”
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	remark:		

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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:
Many Lower East Side residents were Jewish. The cause of the argument between these children standing outside a playground may be part of a tradition of Passover games that use nuts. These range from guessing whether the head or tail of the nut is facing up to manipulating nuts around lines or circles drawn on the ground. Betting—usually nuts but perhaps money—may be involved in the scene unfolding here.
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