City Window Sign, Spanish Harlem, New York, 1948

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

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sheet/mount: 23.5 × 19.05 cm (9 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase with the aid of funds from the Polaroid Corporation)

Accession Number

2015.19.4313

Artists / Makers

Godfrey Frankel (artist) American, 1912 - 1995

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Inscription

on verso, signed by artist, vertical along center left in graphite: Godfrey Frankel / Spanish Harlem, New York / City Window Sign / 1948.; center left: g; center left edge in blue ink: Window, Spanish Harlem. / NYC; center right: Cleveland. / Godf[rey Fran]kel; by unknown hand, top left in graphite: 8; top right in red ink: IV 7; upper center stamped in purple ink and crossed out in graphite: GODFREY FRANKEL / 212 WEST 22nd STREET / NEW YORK CITY; center left stamped in purple ink: Please [cut off]; center stamped in purple ink with address crossed out in blue ink: Godfrey Frankel / 12800 Fairhill Rd. / Shaker Heights 20, O. / GArfield 1-4360; lower right in graphite: [cut off] .37; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner: 1983.69

Provenance

Godfrey Frankel, Silver Spring, MD; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, (through the Witkin Gallery, Inc., New York), 1983; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Polaroid Corporation

Exhibition History

2011: Framed: Street Photography from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, February 3 – April 17, 2011