Storefront, Chicago, Illinois

1946, printed later

Wayne Miller

Associated Names
Wayne Miller

Artist, American, 1918 - 2013

This is an image of a storefront with signs advertising food products. The image captures a facade of a brick building with large glass windows displaying various handwritten signs advertising items such as chitterlings, bacon, hams, spare ribs, sugar, and corn meal. The text on the windows is prominently painted in white. Above the windows is a folded cloth awning with large letters spelling out "STOP & TRADE FOOD". To the left of the display windows is an entrance, partially covered by a fabric. In front of the store, there is a wooden structure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Wayne F. Miller Family

  • Dimensions

    image: 27.4 × 25.4 cm (10 13/16 × 10 in.)
    sheet: 35.3 × 27.8 cm (13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.89.2

  • Series Title

    The Way of Life of the Northern Negro

  • Copyright

    © Wayne F. Miller

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of Wayne Miller, Orinda, CA; Jeanette Miller, Lafayette, CA; gift to NGA, 2021.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, center in graphite: Wayne F. Miller; by artist, bottom left in graphite: 215-3; bottom right printing notes in graphite; center stamped in blue ink: © WAYNE F. MILLER / MAGNUM PHOTOS INC.

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