id:			296768
accession number:	2017.85
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.85
updated:		2023-08-24 01:18:56.382000

Woman Standing in Doorway, East Harlem, NY, 1951, printed later. Walter Rosenblum (American, 1919–2006). Gelatin silver print, gold-toned; image: 34.4 x 26.6 cm (13 9/16 x 10 1/2 in.); paper: 35.3 x 27.1 cm (13 7/8 x 10 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Rosenblum Family 2017.85

title:				Woman Standing in Doorway, East Harlem, NY
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creation date:			1951, printed later
creation date earliest:		1951
creation date latest:		1951
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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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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Image: 34.4 x 26.6 cm (13 9/16 x 10 1/2 in.); Paper: 35.3 x 27.1 cm (13 7/8 x 10 11/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Written in black ink on verso: “Woman in Doorway/105 St NYC 1951”
Written in black ink on verso: “Walter Rosenblum (signed”
Written in pencil on verso: “ACMS WR0157.03”
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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:
By 1950 East Harlem, or Spanish Harlem, was home to 63,000 Puerto Ricans, along with Dominicans and other Latin Americans. Walter Rosenblum’s series on the neighborhood stemmed from his 1930s work documenting Jewish immigrant life on the Lower East Side. An insider there, he was an outsider in East Harlem, but one who could identify with these newcomers. He emphasized their human qualities, exemplified in this image of a woman standing proudly despite the cast on her leg. Rosenblum belonged to the Photo League, a group of socially concerned artists, many of whom photographed people of color and immigrants with the hope that their images would counter negative stereotyping.
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