P1979.53: New York Waterfront

Identification and Creation

Object Number

P1979.53

People

George Heyer, American (20th century)

Title

New York Waterfront

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1951

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States, New York, New York City

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/281335

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 21 x 25 cm (8 1/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
sheet: 20.8 x 25 cm (8 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• stamp and inscription: verso, upper right, oriented vertically, black ink [stamp] and graphite: STORY NAME NY Waterfront
  STORY DATE 6/51
  TAKEN FOR FORTUNE BY
  FORTUNE PICTURE Not to be used
  for advertising or promotion
  CAPTION
• stamp: verso, center, oriented vertically, black ink: 1 704
• stamp: verso, center, black ink: [studio stamp]
• inscription: verso, center, over studio stamp, oriented vertically, graphite: M

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Daniel Bell

Accession Year

1979

Object Number

P1979.53

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Daniel and Pearl K. Bell, "Last of the Business Rackets", Fortune [magazine] (June 1951), vol. 43, no. 6, pp. 88-91, 194, 196, 198, 200, 203; ill. p. 90

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