Sixth Avenue, New York

1920s

Clara E. Sipprell

Associated Names
Clara E. Sipprell

Artist, American, born Canada, 1885 - 1975

The image shows a street view with an urban scene. The perspective is slightly elevated or level, capturing buildings, cars parked along the road, storefronts, an elevated railway structure, pedestrians, and street lamps. The lighting suggests early dawn or late evening, with a monochromatic color palette dominated by sepia tones, giving a vintage and nostalgic feel to the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    kallitype

  • Credit Line

    R. K. Mellon Family Foundation

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.1 x 19.2 cm (9 1/2 x 7 9/16 in.)
    mount: 27.7 x 20.3 cm (10 7/8 x 8 in.)
    mount: 28.3 x 20.7 cm (11 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.31.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Plummer-Miller Collection; (Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York); NGA purchase, 2011.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right, under image on mount in graphite: Clara E. Sipprell; on verso of mount, upper center stamped in black ink: Photograph by / CLARA E. SIPPRELL / 70 Morningside Drive / New York; by unknown hand, upper right in graphite: 6th Ave; across bottom: INIH DP 54 [?] /MRX/

Wikidata ID

Q64145873

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