Object number1987.53.119

1987.53.119

Date1958

Artist Rosalie Thorne McKenna (American, 1918-2003)

CultureAmerican

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 3/4 x 6 7/8 in. (24.8 x 17.5 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 x 8 in. (25.2 x 20.3 cm)
Matted: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of the artist

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

InscribedOn recto, possibly by artist, center right margin in orange crayon [vertically]: 11 x 14 On verso, possibly by artist, center in pencil [vertically]: NYPL VI 9; by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: 87.53.119

MarkingsOn verso, stamped center [vertically]: ASMP MEMBER / AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPHERS; [partially obscured, vertically]: PHOTO BY: / ROLLIE McKENNA / [copyright credit label] / Please Credit With Photo On printed label, on verso center [vertically]: © Rollie McKenna, Photographer / 1 Hancox Street / Stonington, CT 06378 / (203) 535-0110/2126

ProvenanceGift of the artist
DescriptionEntryway to classically designed building where people are sitting and walking on stairs; sign in foreground reads: THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY (some letters are not visible)

Terms

New York

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