Lower East Side, New York City

1963, printed 2006

William Carter

Associated Names
William Carter

Artist, American, born 1934

This is a photo of an empty urban courtyard surrounded by brick buildings. The environment features weathered brick walls, clotheslines with laundry, a patchy dirt ground with debris, and graffiti on one of the walls. Residential windows with metal bars and a fire escape are visible on the left. The photo displays shadows, light contrast, and textures of the bricks.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Artist

  • Dimensions

    image: 28.3 × 18.8 cm (11 1/8 × 7 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 35.4 × 27.7 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.117.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William Carter, Los Altos Hills, CA; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower center in black ink: artist's proof AP0 William Carter; by unknown hand, upper left in black marker: 9.1/8.5/00-2x

Wikidata ID

Q64170386

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