Object number1987.53.94
Seagram Building, New York City
Date1958
Artist
Rosalie Thorne McKenna
(American, 1918-2003)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 5/16 x 10 7/16 in. (28.7 x 26.5 cm)
Matted: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Matted: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn verso, by unidentified hand, center in pencil: Seagram Blding, N.Y.; in ink: 1958; in pencil: #40; lower right corner in pencil: 87.53.94
MarkingsOn verso, stamped upper left corner: COPYRIGHT; partially obscured stamp center: PHOTO BY: ROLLIE McKENNA / [copyright credit label] / Please Credit With Photo; ASMP MEMBER / AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPHERS
On printed label, on verso center: © Rollie McKenna / 1 Hancox Street / Stonington, CT 06378 / (203) 535-0110/2126
BibliographyPhyllis Bronfman Lambert, "How a Building Gets Built," in 'Vassar Quarterly' (February 1959), 16. (slightly cropped variant)ProvenanceGift of the artistVassar Exhibitions
DescriptionStreet scene in front of Seagram Building with man in white shirt carrying 6-pack walking away from photographer and a woman with a handbag walking towardsTerms
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