Fire Escapes, New York
Artist
Evelyn Hofer
(American, born Germany, 1922 - 2009)
Date1965
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 1/2 × 12 inches (39.37 × 30.48 cm)
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 15 15/16 inches (50.62 × 40.46 cm)
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 15 15/16 inches (50.62 × 40.46 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2019.39.8
SignedSigned on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "Evelyn Hofer"
InscribedOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "Firescapes [sic] / New York 1965"
Markingsnone
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of multi-store brick buildings with fire escapes on facades. A dark shadow is cast near the bottom.ProvenanceHall Family Foundation, Kansas CIty, MO, 2019;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.
Copyright© Estate of Evelyn Hofer
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