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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
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Exhibition History

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

Verification Level

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