Sandstorm, New York City
1949
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/mount: 25.9 × 33.9 cm (10 3/16 × 13 3/8 in.)
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Accession
2021.51.3
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, by artist, center in blue ink perpendicular: "Sudden windstorm [crossed out] freak windstorm, / Greenwich Village, 1949"; center left artist stamp in red ink perpendicular; center left arrow in green ink; center stamped in red ink perpendicular: This print / must be returned to; center right stamped in red ink perpendicular: © RUTH ORKIN