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Eliot Porter in New York (85th Street)
Eliot Porter in New York (85th Street)

Eliot Porter in New York (85th Street)

Artist Ellen Auerbach (American, born Germany, 1906 - 2004)
Date1956
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 × 7 11/16 inches (19.38 × 19.53 cm)
Sheet: 7 7/8 × 8 inches (19.99 × 20.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Jack and Judy Stern
Object number2018.63.9
SignedArtist's stamp with signature on sheet verso, center, in black ink with pencil: "53-4 / COPYRIGHT / ELLEN AUERBACH / Ellen Auerbach"
InscribedOn sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "Eliot Porter, N.Y. 85th St. / 1956, / 2"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "061-A012"; On sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "3842 [crossed out] / 19697"
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DescriptionImage taken from high above. A man stands in the rain next to a curb as he looks up at the viewer and smiles. He wears a trench coat; parked cars and trash barrels line the street behind him.Provenance

Dr. Jack and Judy Stern, Rye, NY;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.

Copyright© Ellen Auerbach Estate
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