P2000.29: Lower East Side, Boy and Graffiti (New York City)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

P2000.29

People

Rebecca Lepkoff, American (New York, NY 1916 - 2014 Townshend, VT)

Title

Lower East Side, Boy and Graffiti (New York City)

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1947

Places

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

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/187211

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 20.2 x 19.2 cm (7 15/16 x 7 9/16 in.)
mount: 27.5 x 26.5 cm (10 13/16 x 10 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: recto of the mount, lower right, graphite, in artist's hand: Rebecca Lepkoff
• inscription: verso, upper left, graphite, in artist's hand: Ph8457
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite, in artist's hand: Rebecca Lepkoff
  "Boy with Graffiti"
• inscription: verso of the mount, lower left, graphite, in artist's hand: Rebecca Lepkoff
  1947 Lower E. Side Ph8457
• inscription: verso of the mount, lower center, graphite, in artist's hand: RLV-37 PF30331

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, New York, by exchange to the Harvard University Art Museum, 2000.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn, by exchange

Accession Year

2000

Object Number

P2000.29

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/14/2015 - 04/13/2016

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