Santa with Girl, New York City
1947
Artist, American, 1921 - 1985
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 17.4 × 23.8 cm (6 7/8 × 9 3/8 in.)
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Accession
2021.51.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The Estate of Ruth Orkin, New York; by inheritance to Mary Engel, New York; gift to NGA, 2021.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, signed by artist, center in graphite perpendicular: © Ruth Orkin 19; by artist, center right in graphite perpendicular: Black girl & Santa Claus outside Macy's / ca. 1949"; by unknown hand, upper left in red ink: TBR; center right artist stamp in red ink perpendicular; center right stamped in red ink perpendicular: © RUTH ORKIN; center right artist stamp in black ink with address crossed out in black ink perpendicular; by unknown hand, bottom left in black ink underlined on applied sticker: 80; bottom right in black ink on applied sticker: #4 [circled] 4 [in red ink] #4 [circled and crossed out] / 70