Grand Central
Artist
Fred Zinnemann
(American, born Austria, 1907 - 1997)
Date1932
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (31.75 x 19.05 cm)
Framed: 21 7/8 x 18 x 1 inches (55.55 x 45.72 x 2.54 cm)
Framed: 21 7/8 x 18 x 1 inches (55.55 x 45.72 x 2.54 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jeffrey and Polly Kramer in honor of the 75th anniversary of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Object number2007.52.3
InscribedWritten in pen on back: "Nr. 4 / "Grand Central Station, New York" / Fred Zinnemann / 450 Lindsay Road / Santa Monica, Calif. / USA."
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Terms
Magnificent Gifts for the 75th. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, February 13 - April 4, 2010, no cat.
Fred Zinnemann was born in Austria into a devout Jewish household. In 1927, he trained at the École Technique de Photographie in Paris to be a cinematographer. By 1930, he had moved to Hollywood and would later become an Academy Award-winning movie director (High Noon and From Here to Eternity). Although lesser known, his photographs have a similar ideology as his films, often focusing on conflicts of conscience and moral dilemma. His photographs and films were influenced not only by the racism he experienced in a pre-Nazi Europe, but also by the influx of destitute and distraught Jewish immigrants he saw enter the United States after World War II.
Copyright© Estate Fred Zinnemann / Tim Zinnemann
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Alfred Eisenstaedt
January 1932
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