Jimmy Webster with His Father, Verne

1973

Milton Rogovin

Associated Names
Milton Rogovin

Artist, American, 1909 - 2011

The image shows a man and a child sitting together on a concrete step in front of a doorway. The man is seated with his legs apart, bent at the knees, while the child sits between his legs with his arms gently around them. The man's facial features are visible; he has a strong, defined face and wears a straw hat tilted to the side. The child has curly hair and is looking forward. The man is wearing a sleeveless undershirt, rolled-up jeans, and worn sneakers, while the child is dressed in a striped long-sleeve shirt and shorts with patterned socks and shoes. A bracelet is visible on the man's wrist. The background consists of a wooden structure with closed doors and a window covered by a screen with a floral pattern. The number 221 is written on the door directly behind them. The street is paved.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Pierre Cremieux and Denise Jarvinen

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.4 x 15.5 cm (6 7/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.138.8

  • 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

2025

  • The '70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 6, 2024–April 6, 2025

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, upper center: Milton Rogovin; by artist, lower left: LWS 137-1; lower center: 1973; by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: T

Wikidata ID

Q64158144

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