Newark Riots, Day After Day

1967

Benedict J. Fernandez

Associated Names
Benedict J. Fernandez

Artist, American, 1936 - 2021

This is a photograph of a store window displaying various signs and a person looking out. The central focus of the image is a person leaning over a counter inside a shop with a prominent Pepsi sign. The store window includes advertisements and signs, such as one for Newport cigarettes that reads "Day after day...", and a circular sign for a public telephone. A plant with large leaves is visible next to the advertisements on the glass. The scene is captured through the window's reflective surface, providing depth and a sense of environment. The grayscale tones contribute to the mood of the photograph, capturing a moment in an urban scenario.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Alexander Wolf Levy, 1998)

  • Dimensions

    image: 34 × 50 cm (13 3/8 × 19 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 40.64 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.22.121

  • Series Title

    Countdown to Eternity: Photographs of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in the 1960s

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David and Alexander Wolf Levy, Washington, DC; gift to Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1998; acquired by NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, bottom right below image in graphite: Benedict J Fernandez; bottom left below image: NEWARK RIOTS 1967 DAY AFTER dAY; on verso, center stamped in black ink, reversed: BENEDICT J. FERNANDEZ / PHOTOGRAPHER / 1432 37TH STREET / NORTH BERGEM, N. J. / 201 - 865-6997 / © BENEDICT J. FERNANDEZ; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom left corner in graphite: 1998.57

Wikidata ID

Q64145104

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