2011.185: Family, Times Square

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2011.185

People

Louis Faurer, American (Philadelphia, PA 1916 - 2001 New York, NY)

Title

Family, Times Square

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1950, printed 1991

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/338160

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

20.8 x 30.7 cm (8 3/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
sheet: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: Recto, below image, in graphite: Times Sq. NYC. 1950 Louis Faurer
• inscription: Verso, bottom edge, center, in graphite: PRINTED 1991 [copyright symbol] LOUIS FAURER
• inscription: Verso, t.l. corner, in graphite: P.P.
• inscription: Verso, center right, in graphite: P.P.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Louis Faurer, 1991, to; [Gary Schneider and John Erdman, New York] (1991-2011), gift/sale; to Harvard Art Museums, 2011. Note: Printed in collaboration with the artist or the artist's estate and retained by Schneider/Erdman per agreement.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Schneider/Erdman Printer's Proof Collection, partial gift, and partial purchase through the Margaret Fisher Fund

Copyright

© Estate of Louis Faurer

Accession Year

2011

Object Number

2011.185

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Jennifer Quick, ed., Analog Culture: Printer’s Proofs from the Schneider/Erdman Photography Lab, 1981–2001, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2018), pp. 108-109, fig. 2, ill. (color)

Subjects and Contexts

• Analog Culture

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