Year of the Dog (2)
Lisette Model, Promenade des Anglais, 1937 (79.1993) Robert Capa, [Truman Capote holding a pet dog, Italy], 1953 (3342.1992) Richard Avedon, [Contact sheet of Marilyn Monroe posing with dog], 1958...
View ArticleYear of the Dog (6): Weegee’s Dogs
Weegee, “Pet Dog Joins Smoke-Poisoned Fireman,” 1942 (15050.1993) “Pet Dog Joins Smoke-Poisoned Fireman Fireman Edward Frank, left, getting oxygen in an ambulance during an Eighth St. fire, was joined...
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Frank Wendt, [Noble George Washington Winner and Mary Jane Winner with Dog], 1896 (2011.47.14) Ilse Bing, Helen lying down with dog, 1949 (34.1991) George Zimbel, Boy and Great Dane, Bronx, New York...
View ArticleYear of the Dog (9): Flying
Harold Edgerton, Jackie Jumps a Bench, 1949 (281.1996) Jacques-Henri Lartigue, [Man throwing dog over brook], ca. 1913 (68.1998) George Zimbel, Girl and Dog, Queens, New York, 1960 (119.1985) Happy...
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Ferenc Berko, Dog-in-Snow series, 1949 (582.1993) Lisette Model, The Dog Show, 1950 (65.1993) Unidentified Photographer, [Dog], 1973 (DA.SA8.414) Arthur Leipzig, Frisky, 1950 (2016.22.8) John Albert,...
View ArticleBerenice Abbott : “I’m New York” or “The Farther Away You Go the Truer...
Berenice Abbott, On the Water Front, (385.1983) Berenice Abbott, Gunsmith and Police Department Headquarters, February 4, 1937 (386.1983) Berenice Abbott, New York Harbour, 1938 (389.1983) Berenice...
View ArticleBerenice Abbott: “Photographing New York is just the greatest thing in this...
Berenice Abbott, City Arabesque, from roof of 60 Wall Street Tower, June 9, 1938 (680.1984) Berenice Abbott, Murray Hill Hotel, Spiral, 112 Park Avenue, November 19, 1935 (253.1985) Berenice Abbott...
View ArticleIlse Bing
Ilse Bing, Eiffel Tower with Thermometer, 1934 (15.1991) Ilse Bing, Frankfort, 1930 (24.1991) Ilse Bing, Three Men on Steps near the Seine, 1931 (16.1991) Ilse Bing, Orchestra pit, Théâtre des Champs...
View ArticleIlse Bing: “It’s better.”
Ilse Bing, Three Men on Steps near the Seine, 1931 (16.1991) Ilse Bing, Danseuses à l’école Laban, 1929 (29.1991) Ilse Bing, The Honorable Daisy Fellowes, Gloves by Dent in London for Harper’s Bazaar,...
View ArticleSPRING
Barbara Morgan, Spring on Madison Square, 1938 (532.1986) Voila, “Printemps sur la Hollande,” May 23, 1936 (2007.71.12) Vu, “Le Sacre du Printemps,” March 13, 1929 (2009.52.35)
View ArticleJill Freedman: Firehouse
Jill Freedman, Harlem Stoop, New York City, from “Firehouse,” 1976 (143.1981.a) Jill Freedman, Next time, I’ll do the cooking, New York City, from “Firehouse,” 1976 (143.1981.b) Jill Freedman,...
View ArticleLouise Lawler
Louise Lawler, [Installation at Artists Space, New York], 1978 (2008.117.14) Louise Lawler, [Installation at Artists Space, New York], 1978 (2008.117.13) Louise Lawler, [Installation at Artists Space,...
View Article“After Death – What?”– Easter by Weegee
Weegee, [Clothing salesman, Easter Sunday, Harlem, New York], ca. 1941 (2358.1993) Weegee, “Easter Sunday in Harlem,” April 26, 1943 (2077.1993) “Easter Sunday in Harlem. Easter paraders in Harlem...
View ArticleCornell Capa Centennial
Eileen Darby, [Robert Capa, Julia Capa and Cornell Capa, New York], New York, 1940 (2010.96.5) Eileen Darby, [Robert Capa, Julia Capa and Cornell Capa, New York], New York, 1940 Unidentified...
View ArticleCentral Park is for People and Plants and Animals (not cars)
Martin Munkacsi, [Woman and two children with kite, Central Park], 1937 (2007.110.1908) Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Christopher Isherwood and W. H. Auden, Central Park, 1938 (73.1982) Weegee, Dancing is free...
View ArticleRecord Stores
Weegee, [Man sleeping in front of the Metro Music store, New York], ca. 1943 (14473.1993) Todd Webb, Sixth Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets, New York, April 23, 1948 (2011.21.3) Todd Webb, Sixth...
View ArticleEarth Day, 2018
Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008), Earth Day, 1970 (822.2002) Louis Bencze, Giraffe, Tampa, Florida, 1990 (274.1991) Lou Bernstein (1911-2005), Newfy, N.Y. Aquarium, 1977 (97.1992) Douglas Faulkner,...
View Article…and pretzels too…
Lee Sievan, Pretzel Lady, 1940s (182.1991) Weegee, [Pretzel man], ca. 1945 (16389.1993) Weegee, “Peddlers drop in selling hot dogs… and pretzels too…”, “Naked City,” 1945 pp. 145-146 Garry Winogrand,...
View ArticleListening to Records
Martin Munkacsi, [Listening to records], 1930s Weegee, After midnight in Washington Square Park, Folk Dance, ca. 1946 (14213.1993) Gordon Parks, “Ralph Ellison’s ‘Invisible Man,'” 1952 (1606.2005)...
View Article“Orson Welles Citizen Kane”
PM, August 2, 1940, p. 18 (2007.14.64) Orson Welles, whose man-from Mars broadcast scared radio listeners a while back, now is a movie director – at $150,00 for making, and acting in, Citizen Kane....
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