Fifth Street Tavern and UPMC Braddock Hospital on Braddock Avenue

2011

LaToya Ruby Frazier

Associated Names
LaToya Ruby Frazier

Artist, American, born 1982

The image shows a street view from an elevated angle, looking down at a partially demolished area with construction debris and two excavators. In the center is a three-story brick building with boarded-up windows, located on a street corner near an empty intersection with parked cars. Behind the building, a row of modest houses lines the street, extending towards a tree-covered hill in the distance. The horizon is marked by the meeting of the hill and the sky, with the outline of bare trees against an overcast sky. The photo is in black and white, emphasizing textures and forms in a documentary style often seen in urban or industrial settings.

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On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery M73

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 121.29 × 151.77 cm (47 3/4 × 59 3/4 in.)
    framed: 123.83 × 154.31 × 3.81 cm (48 3/4 × 60 3/4 × 1 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.42.5

  • Series Title

    The Notion of Family

  • Copyright

    © LaToya Ruby Frazier

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Gladstone Gallery, New York); NGA purchase, 2022.

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