Object number1987.53.103

Boston Skyline

Date1959

Artist Rosalie Thorne McKenna (American, 1918-2003)

CultureAmerican

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 2 1/8 x 10 7/16 in. (5.4 x 26.5 cm)
Sheet: 2 1/8 x 10 7/16 in. (5.4 x 26.5 cm)
Matted: 16 x 22 in. (40.6 x 55.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of the artist

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

InscribedOn verso, by artist, center in pencil: Boston Skyline 1959 / For Fortune Cover - / Boston #8; by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: 87.53.103

MarkingsOn verso, stamped right: PHOTO BY: / ROLLIE MCKENNA / 438 EAST 88 STREET / NEW YORK 28, N. Y. / TEL. ENRIGHT 9-3889 / Not To Be Reproduced / Without Permission. / Please Credit With Photo

BibliographyFortune (October 1959), cover. ProvenanceGift of the artist

Vassar Exhibitions

Making a Life in Photography: Rollie McKenna (Loeb)

DescriptionSkyline of city densely built on slight incline with three steeples and two early modern buildings piercing the sky

Terms

Boston

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