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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2011.185
People
Louis Faurer, American (Philadelphia, PA 1916 - 2001 New York, NY)
Title
Family, Times Square
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1950, printed 1991
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/338160

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
20.8 x 30.7 cm (8 3/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
sheet: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Recto, below image, in graphite: Times Sq. NYC. 1950 Louis Faurer
  • inscription: Verso, bottom edge, center, in graphite: PRINTED 1991 [copyright symbol] LOUIS FAURER
  • inscription: Verso, t.l. corner, in graphite: P.P.
  • inscription: Verso, center right, in graphite: P.P.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Louis Faurer, 1991, to; [Gary Schneider and John Erdman, New York] (1991-2011), gift/sale; to Harvard Art Museums, 2011. Note: Printed in collaboration with the artist or the artist's estate and retained by Schneider/Erdman per agreement.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Schneider/Erdman Printer's Proof Collection, partial gift, and partial purchase through the Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© Estate of Louis Faurer
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2011.185
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Jennifer Quick, ed., Analog Culture: Printer’s Proofs from the Schneider/Erdman Photography Lab, 1981–2001, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2018), pp. 108-109, fig. 2, ill. (color)

Subjects and Contexts

  • Analog Culture

Verification Level

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