Jimmy Webster

1985

Milton Rogovin

Associated Names
Milton Rogovin

Artist, American, 1909 - 2011

The image shows a young person sitting on a set of steps in front of a doorway. The person is seated with their legs apart, leaning back slightly, with hands tucked into the pockets of their pants. Their facial features include short hair and a neutral expression. They are wearing a puffy vest over a long-sleeved shirt, jeans, and high-top sneakers. The surroundings include a set of worn wooden steps, partly adorned with fallen leaves. The door behind them is partially open, with a number "60" visible on the siding to the left, along with decorative iron railings on either side of the steps. The area around the steps is partially visible, showing more fallen leaves and some plant foliage to the right.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Pierre Cremieux and Denise Jarvinen

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.5 x 16.6 cm (7 5/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.138.9

  • 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 S-R 161-1 V; lower center: 1985; by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: T

Wikidata ID

Q64158145

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