"No Rules," Coney Island, New York
1947–1948
Sid Grossman
Artist, American, 1913 - 1955
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet/mount: 19.6 × 19.3 cm (7 11/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
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Accession Number
2020.119.4
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Miriam Grossman, Sid Grossman’s widow, New York; Rhyolite Collection (John Gossage and Walter Hopps); Eric Ceputis and David Williams, IL; gift to NGA (through Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago), 2020.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, signed by artist, lower left in graphite: GROSSMAN; by artist, upper center in graphite: No Rules; possibly by artist, center left and center right in graphite perpendicular: crop; center right perpendicular: Cut B [circled in orange crayon] / p. 94 / Documentary / Photo; by unknown hand, upper center right in graphite circled: 4 3/8"; upper right perpendicular: LB37248; center left circled: 4 3/4"; center left circled: 74; center in blue ink: PHOTOGRAPH BY: / SID GROSSMAN [underlined and circled in orange crayon] / c/o PRATT / 22 E. 68ST. / NEW YORK, N.Y. / YO8-6188; lower left in graphite: 8; lower center: CONEY ISLAND/MAJ NEGS / 206a B; bottom right: H3204-9-7