Storyville Portrait, c. 1912, printed c. 1970

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

sheet: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

1995.36.42

Artists / Makers

E.J. Bellocq (artist) American, 1873 - 1949

Lee Friedlander (printer) American, born 1934

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Inscription

by Lee Friedlander, center verso in graphite: L[F?]; center verso stamped in black ink: PHOTOGRAPH BY E.J. BELLOCQ / New Orleans Circa 1911-13 / COLLECTION LEE FRIEDLANDER / This print was made on Printing Out Paper / and toned in gold chloride toning bath. / (A process popular in the early 1900's) / This photograph is not released for publica- / tion or for commercial use of any kind. For / permission communicate with Lee Friedlander, / 44 S. Mountain Road, New City, N.Y. 10956

Provenance

David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; NGA purchase, 1995.

Associated Names

Fraenkel Gallery
Robinson, Mrs. C. David

Bibliography

1970: E. J. Bellocq: Storyville Portraits: Photographs from the New Orleans Red-Light District, Circa 1912. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1970, pl.5.