Toreador

1973

Milton Rogovin

Associated Names
Milton Rogovin

Artist, American, 1909 - 2011

The image shows a male subject standing in a slightly angled pose with his body facing the camera. He has short curly hair, wears a wide-brimmed hat, and has a neutral facial expression. He is shirtless, revealing a muscular torso, and wears dark pants tucked into knee-high leather boots. He has a belt with a large buckle, a pendant hanging from a chain around his neck, and holds an object in his right hand. The background shows a brick wall with graffiti and a window. The photograph is black and white.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Pierre Cremieux and Denise Jarvinen

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.1 × 16.8 cm (7 1/8 × 6 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 × 20.3 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.2.4

  • 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, 2013.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, upper center in graphite: Milton Rogovin; by artist, lower left: LWS 174-9 1973; by unknown hand, upper left: T

Wikidata ID

Q64158112

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