id:			296766
accession number:	2017.83
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.83
updated:		2023-08-24 01:18:55.526000

Group in Front of Fence, Pitt Street, Lower East Side, NY, 1938, printed later. Walter Rosenblum (American, 1919–2006). Gelatin silver print, toned; image: 17.9 x 23.1 cm (7 1/16 x 9 1/8 in.); paper: 19.5 x 25.1 cm (7 11/16 x 9 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Rosenblum Family 2017.83 © Walter Rosenblum

title:				Group in Front of Fence, Pitt Street, Lower East Side, NY
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1938, printed later
creation date earliest:		1938
creation date latest:		1938
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of the Rosenblum Family
copyright:			© Walter Rosenblum

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culture:	American, 20th century
technique:	gelatin silver print, toned
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1900-1950
type:		Photograph
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Image: 17.9 x 23.1 cm (7 1/16 x 9 1/8 in.); Paper: 19.5 x 25.1 cm (7 11/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
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support materials:


inscriptions:

	inscription:	Written in black ink on verso: “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 WR0032.26”
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		From Riches to Rags: American Photography in the Depression
	opening date:   2017-08-13T04:00:00
	<i>From Riches to Rags: American Photography in the Depression</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 13-December 31, 2017).

	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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fun fact:


digital description:
Taken at the height of the Depression when he was 19, this image shows a world Rosenblum knew intimately. One of five children of immigrant parents, he grew up in a three-room cold-water flat in one of the tenement buildings that filled New York’s Lower East Side. Because apartments were crowded, much of life was lived on the street, providing ample material for his camera.

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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Tannenbaum, Barbara. “A New York Minute: Take a look at street photography between 1920 and 1950.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine  </em>61, no. 2 (Spring 2021): 24-26.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 25.
	url:		

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