Man in Rain, W. 88th St., New York City
Former TitleMan in Rain...from my window on W. 88th St. NYC
Artist
Ruth Orkin
(American, 1921 - 1985)
Date1952; printed later
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 5/8 × 8 1/4 inches (32.07 × 20.96 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 9 9/16 inches (35.56 × 24.29 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 9 9/16 inches (35.56 × 24.29 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2017
SignedSigned on sheet recto, lower right, in black pen: "Ruth Orkin"
InscribedInscribed on sheet recto, lower left, in black pen: "Man in Rain...from my window on W. 88th street, N.Y.C."
MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "12-002-83", "P5.012.002.83"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage taken from a window above looking down onto a street where a man wearing a hat walks along the sidewalk as it rains. The road is lined with parked cars and multistory buildings.Exhibition HistoryCityscapes: 20th-Century Urban Images from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. Hallmark Photographic Collection, Kansas City, MO, First Street Forum, St. Louis, MO, April 18 - May 20, 1984.
Rotation 23. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 18 – May 28, 2017, no cat.
Taken from the window of her second-floor apartment on 88th Street in New York City’s Upper West Side, Ruth Orkin photographed a solitary man in the rain. Self-taught, Orkin received her first camera at the age of 10 and later made a steady living as a freelance photographer for publications like Life, Look, and Ladies’ Home Journal. In her personal work, Orkin photographed from her New York apartment windows for many decades and featured the pictures in two books, A World Through My Window (1978) and More Pictures from My Window (1983).
Atlanta Gallery of Photography, Atlanta, GA;
Purchased from Atlanta Gallery of Photography by Hallmark Cards Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1983;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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