Untitled

1958–1961

Milton Rogovin

Associated Names
Milton Rogovin

Artist, American, 1909 - 2011

The image shows four individuals seated closely together on a bench-style arrangement, with one woman standing further back. A man on the left is playing a harmonica, dressed in a dark suit with a patterned tie and has short, curly hair and a clean-shaven face. Next to him, another man, appears to be in his late twenties or early thirties, with a similar hairstyle, focused straight ahead, wearing a dark suit with a tie and a white shirt. In front of him, a young boy with short hair is looking upwards while clapping his hands, dressed in a checked blazer over a dark shirt. A woman stands at the back to the right, clapping her hands, dressed in a light-colored dress with "USHER" on an armband and a pearl necklace. Each person is engaged in clapping or holding a harmonica. The background is a plain, slightly worn wall with visible patches and a poster of Jesus taped to it.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA); Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia A. Kennedy, San Leandro, CA, purchased 2003; gift to NGA, 2011.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, on mount below image on right in graphite: Milton Rogovin; on verso, across bottom in graphite: Store Front Church 14-5 1958-61 4,500; top left stamped in black ink: Milton Rogovin / 90 Chatham Ave. / Buffalo 16, N.Y.; by unknown hand, top left adjacent to stamp in blue ink circled: 14-

Wikidata ID

Q64158220

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