Samuel P. “Pee Wee” West

1974

Milton Rogovin

Associated Names
Milton Rogovin

Artist, American, 1909 - 2011

The image shows a man standing against a striped wall. He is wearing a leather jacket, dark pants, and a knit cap. One hand is in his pocket, and the other is hanging by his side. The background includes a door with a sign that reads "LATIN JOURNAL DIARIO LATINO LATIN JOURNAL" and plank wood slats covering the glass. An obscured neon sign is above.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia A. Kennedy

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.1 x 17.5 cm (7 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.145.30

  • Series Title

    Lower West Side

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rogovin family, Buffalo, NY; Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia A. Kennedy, San Leandro, CA, purchased 2005; gift to NGA, 2011.

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

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, upper center in graphite: Milton Rogovin; upper left stamped in ink: Milton Rogovin / 90 Chatham Ave. / Buffalo 16, N.Y.; by artist, across bottom in graphite: PeeWee LWS 477-10 1974

Wikidata ID

Q64158229

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