Lower East Side Restaurant, New York City

1946

Godfrey Frankel

Associated Names
Godfrey Frankel

Artist, American, 1912 - 1995

This is a photograph of a restaurant window menu. The image shows a large pane of glass covered with handwritten items detailing various food options and their respective prices. Prices range from 25 cents for "Tomato Juice" to 40 cents for "Baked Breast of Veal." Behind the glass, reflections of the surrounding urban environment, alongside glimpses of the interior space where patrons appear engaged in dining, can be seen.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

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

Exhibition History

2011

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

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, vertical along center right edge in graphite: Godfrey Frankel / Lower East Side / Restaurant / New York City / 1946; upper right stamped in purple ink: GODFREY FRANKEL / 212 WEST [indecipherable] / NEW YORK CITY; by unknown hand, upper right in blue ink: Cleveland.; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, vertical along bottom left edge in black ink: 1983.71

Wikidata ID

Q64154324

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