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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1998.110
People
N. Jay Jaffee, American (Brooklyn, New York 1921 - 1999 New York)
Title
View from IRT Elevated Station, Brooklyn, New York City
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1948
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York State, New York City
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/193730

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
17.7 x 21.7 cm (6 15/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
sheet: 19.7 x 23.4 cm (7 3/4 x 9 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, lower right, black ink, in artist's hand: N. Jay Jaffee
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite, in artist's hand: 16 [underlined]
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite, in artist's hand: 18A [crossed out and oriented vertically]
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite, in artist's hand: VIEW FROM ELEVATED STATION, IRT
    EAST NEW YORK, BKYN 1948
    Printed in the late 1970s
    SELENIUM TONED [underlined]
    N. Jay Jaffee
    UNUMBERED [underlined]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Artist
Copyright
© The N. Jay Jaffee Trust. All rights reserved. Used by permission. www.njayjaffee.com
Accession Year
1998
Object Number
P1998.110
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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