P1998.110: View from IRT Elevated Station, Brooklyn, New York City

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

Permissions

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