Store Front Churches, Buffalo

1958–1961

Milton Rogovin

Associated Names
Milton Rogovin

Artist, American, 1909 - 2011

This is a photograph of a foot on a piano pedal in black and white. The foot is in a dark shoe stepping on a metal pedal of a piano. The foreground includes a wooden structure, possibly a chair leg, with signs of wear and a visible mark of blue thread or paint. The background shows the textured flooring and the shiny metallic surface of the piano pedals. Lighting and shadows add depth to the image, emphasizing the motion captured.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. and Mrs. J. Patrick Kennedy

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 15 × 16.6 cm (5 7/8 × 6 9/16 in.)
    mount: 35.7 × 28 cm (14 1/16 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.196.7

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia A. Kennedy, San Leandro, CA; gift to NGA (through Morehouse Gallery, Chestnut Hill, MA), 2016.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right of mount in graphite: Milton Rogovin; by unknown hand, bottom right of mount in black ink on applied label: 012; on verso of separate mount board, signed by artist, upper center in graphite: Milton Rogovin; by artist, upper left in black ink on applied label: Store Front Church [underlined] / (Tapping foot near piano) / 164-Z-2; upper left stamped in black ink: 15 [circled] / MILTON ROGOVIN / 90 CHATHAM AVE. / BUFFALO 16, N.Y.

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