Powell Street, San Francisco

1947

Max Yavno

Associated Names
Max Yavno

Artist, American, 1911 - 1985

This is a photograph of a city street scene. It features a lively urban street with vintage vehicles. A cable car labeled "Washington & Jackson Sts." with the number 516 is prominent in the foreground. Surrounding the cable car are vintage automobiles, trucks, and other vehicles in motion. Tall buildings with signs advertising hotels, cafes, and businesses line the street. Pedestrians are crossing the street, and cable car tracks run down the center of the road. The image captures a moment in 20th-century city life.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print mounted on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Marjorie and Leonard Vernon

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 49.2 x 38.5 cm (19 3/8 x 15 3/16 in.)
    support: 71 x 55.9 cm (27 15/16 x 22 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.94.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marjorie and Leonard Vernon, Los Angeles, CA; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1981

  • The Photography of Max Yavno. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1981: illus.pl.30.

Inscriptions

all on mount: lower right in graphite: Yavno; all by later hands: lower right verso in graphite: Leonard Vernon / YA-063.1 / Powell Street / San Francisco 1947 30

Wikidata ID

Q64157862

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