Sugar

1992

Milton Rogovin

Associated Names
Milton Rogovin

Artist, American, 1909 - 2011

The image shows a person standing and leaning against a windowsill. The person has curly hair and is dressed in a bold, colorful patterned outfit. They are barefoot and holding a cigarette. In the background, there is a window with curtains drawn to the side, set within a plain, light-colored wall with a wooden border. The flooring is made of square tiles.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Pierre Cremieux and Denise Jarvinen

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.9 x 16.7 cm (7 1/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.138.7

  • Series Title

    Lower West Side

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Milton Rogovin, Buffalo, NY; David Knaus, Palm Springs, CA; (Morehouse Gallery, Brookline, MA); Pierre Cremieux and Denise Jarvinen, Brookline, MA; gift to NGA, 2010.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The Serial Portrait: Photography and Identity in the Last One Hundred Years: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 30–December 31, 2012

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, upper center: Milton Rogovin; by artist, lower left: LWS-R-R 242-11; lower center: 1992 V; lower right: (make better print); by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: T

Wikidata ID

Q64158143

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