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Description: El Station Interior, New York, 1935

TitleEl Station Interior, New York, 1935

Creator nameAbbott, Berenice

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1935

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsGelatin silver print

DimensionsUnknown

LocationUnknown

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsSubways in artDepressions--1929Photography--United States

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I. The Early Years: 1924–1939

David Anfam

Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas—Catalogue Raisonné

~“For me the great achievements of the centuries in which the artist accepted the probable and familiar as his subjects were the pictures of the single human figure—alone in a moment of utter immobility”—Rothko Mark Rothko, “The Romantics Were Prompted,”...

Author

David Anfam

PublisherNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

PublisherYale University Press

Subjects: Still-life painting, AmericanPortrait painting, AmericanPainting, Amereican--20th centuryModernism (Art)City and town life in art

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Children at a free Federal Art Project art class, July 14, 1939, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 09

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1939

Object typePhotograph

LocationArchives of American Art, Washington, DC

https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/items/detail/children-free-federal-art-project-art-class-12043

Accession numberPhotographic Division collection circa 1920–1965, bulk 1935–1942, box 28, folder 11, digital ID 12043

Children at a free Federal Art Project...

Children at a free Federal Art Project art class, July 14, 1939, detail

Description: Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children, Age thirty-two....

Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children, Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California (known as Migrant Mother)

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 09

Creator nameLange, Dorothea

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1936

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsGelatin silver print

LocationLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017762891/

Accession numberFSA/OWI Collection, LC-DIG-fsa-8b29516

Destitute pea pickers in California....

Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children, Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California (known as Migrant Mother)

Dunker Church

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 09

Creator nameGardner, Alexander

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1862

Object typePhotograph

Dimensions7 1/16 × 9 1/16 in. (17.9 × 23 cm)

LocationNational Park Service

Dunker Church

Protest held by the John Reed Club and Artists’ Union, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 09

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1934

Object typePhotograph

LocationArchives of American Art, Washington, DC

https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/items/detail/protest-held-john-reed-club-and-artists-union-10683

Accession numberLouis Lozowick papers, 1898–1974, digital ID 10683

Protest held by the John Reed Club and...

Protest held by the John Reed Club and Artists’ Union, detail

A newsstand in Omaha, Nebraska, November 1938, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 09

Creator nameVachon, John

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1938

Object typePhotograph

LocationLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017762812/

Accession numberLC-USF34- 008939-D [P&P] LOT 412

A newsstand in Omaha, Nebraska, November...

A newsstand in Omaha, Nebraska, November 1938, detail

Description: Antietam, Md. Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln, and Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand;...

Antietam, Md. Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln, and Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand; another view

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 24

Creator nameGardner, Alexander

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1862

Object typePhotograph

LocationLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC

https://www.loc.gov/resource/cwp.4a40254/

Accession numberLC-B817- 7929

Antietam, Md. Allan Pinkerton, President...

Antietam, Md. Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln, and Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand; another view

Description: Antietam, Md. President Lincoln and Gen. George B. McClellan in the General’s...

Antietam, Md. President Lincoln and Gen. George B. McClellan in the General’s Tent

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 24

Creator nameGardner, Alexander

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1862

Object typePhotograph

LocationLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC

https://www.loc.gov/resource/cwp.4a40263/

Accession numberLC-B817- 7948

Antietam, Md. President Lincoln and Gen....

Antietam, Md. President Lincoln and Gen. George B. McClellan in the General’s Tent

John Brown

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 24

Creator name (description)Small, Maynard, and Company

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1899

Object typePhotograph

LocationLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC

https://www.loc.gov//item/93500813/

Accession number93500813

John Brown

Rosecrans Drive-In, Paramount

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 04

Creator nameSugimoto, Hiroshi

Creator nationality/cultureJapanese

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1993

Object typePhotograph

Rosecrans Drive-In, Paramount

Trampoline House

Posted by:John Carlson

May 06

Creator nameChoi, Richard

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date2010

Object typePhotograph

Trampoline House

Untitled

Posted by:John Carlson

May 06

Creator nameCrewdson, Gregory

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date2006–2008

Object typePhotograph

Untitled

Loma Linda, California, March 3, 2011

Posted by:John Carlson

May 06

Creator nameChoi, Richard

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date2011

Object typePhotograph

Loma Linda, California, March 3, 2011

Workshop Window, Stockburger's Farm, East Jamaica, Vermont

Posted by:John Carlson

May 06

Creator nameStrand, Paul

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1944

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsGelatin silver print

Dimensions9 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (24.4 × 19.4 cm)

LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art

https://philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/313454.html

Accession number2010-14-126

Workshop Window, Stockburger's Farm,...

Workshop Window, Stockburger's Farm, East Jamaica, Vermont

Castellated rocks on the Chugwater, S.R. Gifford, Artist, on Right, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 09

Creator nameJackson, William Henry

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1870

Object typePhotograph

LocationNational Archives, Washington, DC

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/516859

Accession number516859

Castellated rocks on the Chugwater, S.R....

Castellated rocks on the Chugwater, S.R. Gifford, Artist, on Right, detail

People looking southwest from Manufactures Building, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 09

Creator nameArnold, Charles Dudley

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1893

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsPlatinum print

LocationRyerson and Burnham Archives, Chicago

https://digital-libraries.artic.edu/digital/collection/mqc/id/933/rec/2

Accession number1989.2

People looking southwest from...

People looking southwest from Manufactures Building, detail

Augustus Saint-Gaudens’s Class at Art Students League, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 09

Creator nameWiggins, Mary Albert

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1892–1893

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsPhotographic print

LocationArchives of American Art, Washington, DC

https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/items/detail/augustus-saintgaudens-class-art-students-league-1892-or-1893-3530

Accession numberArt Students League records, 1875–1955, 3530

Augustus Saint-Gaudens’s Class at...

Augustus Saint-Gaudens’s Class at Art Students League, detail

The Helter Skelter, Luna Park, Coney Island, NY, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 09

Creator name (description)Detroit Publishing Co.

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1905

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsGlass negative

LocationLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016799888/

Accession numberLC-D4-18330 [P&P]

The Helter Skelter, Luna Park, Coney...

The Helter Skelter, Luna Park, Coney Island, NY, detail

Adolescent Girl, a Spinner, in a Carolina Cotton Mill

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 09

Creator nameHine, Lewis Wickes

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1908

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsGelatin silver print

Dimensions7 9/16 × 9 1/2 in. (19.2 × 24.2 cm)

LocationPrinceton University Art Museum, New Jersey

https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/12553

Accession numberx1973–29

Adolescent Girl, a Spinner, in a...

Adolescent Girl, a Spinner, in a Carolina Cotton Mill

At the Time of the Louisville Flood

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 09

Creator nameBourke-White, Margaret

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1937

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsGelatin silver print

Dimensions9 3/4 × 13 1/8 in. (24.7 × 33.4 cm)

LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York

https://www.moma.org/collection/works/46797

Accession number137.1974

At the Time of the Louisville Flood

Subway

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 04

Creator nameRothko, Mark

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1935

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on black canvas

Dimensions24 × 18 in. (61 × 45.7 cm)

LocationCollection of Kate Rothko Prizel

Subway

Atelier 17 (Examining the proof)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 21

Creator nameHarris, Martin

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1947

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsGelatin silver print

Dimensions9 15/16 × 8 13/16 in. (25.2 × 20.8 cm)

LocationFine Arts Museums of San Francisco

https://art.famsf.org/martin-harris/atelier-17-examining-proof-200414074

Accession number2004.140.7.4

Atelier 17 (Examining the proof)

Érotique voilée

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 21

Creator nameMan Ray

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1933

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsPrint from a gelatin brome silver glass negative

Dimensions4 15/16 × 3 15/16 in. (12.5 × 10 cm)

LocationMusée National d'Art Moderne, Paris

Accession numberAM 1995–281 (1477)

Érotique voilée

Jan Gelb printing

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 21

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1970

Object typePhotograph

Dimensions8 × 8 cm

LocationArchives of American Art, Washington, D.C.

https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/items/detail/photograph-jan-gelb-printing-17001

Accession number17001

Jan Gelb printing

Atelier 17 (Frannie engraves a copper plate)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 21

Creator nameHarris, Martin

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1947

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsGelatin silver print

Dimensions9 15/16 × 8 13/16 in. (25.2 × 20.8 cm)

LocationFine Arts Museums of San Francisco

https://art.famsf.org/martin-harris/atelier-17-frannie-engraves-copper-plate-200414075

Accession number2004.140.7.5

Atelier 17 (Frannie engraves a copper...

Atelier 17 (Frannie engraves a copper plate)

Worden Day in her studio in New Jersey

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 21

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1960

Object typePhotograph

Dimensions9 × 13 cm

LocationArchives of American Art, Washington, D.C.

https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/items/detail/worden-day-her-studio-new-jersey-4016

Accession number4016

Worden Day in her studio in New Jersey

Description: Installation view of Worden Day's The Burning Bush (third from left of support beam)...

Installation view of Worden Day's The Burning Bush (third from left of support beam) as seen in the Brooklyn Museum's exhibition of 14 Painter-Printmakers (1955–56)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 21

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1955–1956

Object typePhotograph

LocationBrooklyn Museum Archives

Installation view of Worden Day's The...

Installation view of Worden Day's The Burning Bush (third from left of support beam) as seen in the Brooklyn Museum's exhibition of 14 Painter-Printmakers (1955–56)

Description: Installation photograph of the opening night of the Brooklyn Museum's Tenth National...

Installation photograph of the opening night of the Brooklyn Museum's Tenth National Print Annual Exhibition

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 21

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1956

Object typePhotograph

LocationBrooklyn Museum Archives

Installation photograph of the opening...

Installation photograph of the opening night of the Brooklyn Museum's Tenth National Print Annual Exhibition

Anne Ryan's woodcuts in Milgrim's Department Store window

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 21

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1950

Object typePhotograph

LocationArchives of American Art, Washington, D.C.

Anne Ryan's woodcuts in Milgrim's...

Anne Ryan's woodcuts in Milgrim's Department Store window

14 Painter-Printmakers party

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 21

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1954

Object typePhotograph

Dimensions7 × 7 cm

LocationArchives of American Art, Washington, D.C.

https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/items/detail/14-painter-printmakers-party-17082

Accession number17082

14 Painter-Printmakers party

Description: Bertha Schaefer and Will Barnet (left) at the 14 Painter-Printmakers exhibition at...

Bertha Schaefer and Will Barnet (left) at the 14 Painter-Printmakers exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 21

Creator name (description)Publicity Photographers (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1955

Object typePhotograph

Dimensions21 × 25 cm

LocationArchives of American Art, Washington, D.C.

https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/items/detail/bertha-schaefer-and-will-barnet-14-painterprintmakers-exhibition-brooklyn-museum-16496

Accession number16496

Bertha Schaefer and Will Barnet (left)...

Bertha Schaefer and Will Barnet (left) at the 14 Painter-Printmakers exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum

Ruth Leaf printmaking studio

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 21

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1975

Object typePhotograph

LocationFrom Ruth Leaf's Intaglio Printmaking Techniques (New York: Watson-Guptill, 1976)

Ruth Leaf printmaking studio

Jan Gelb and Minna Citron in Provincetown, Massachusetts

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 21

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1954

Object typePhotograph

Dimensions7 × 9 cm

LocationArchives of American Art, Washington, D.C.

https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/items/detail/jan-gelb-and-minna-citron-17083

Accession number17083

Jan Gelb and Minna Citron in...

Jan Gelb and Minna Citron in Provincetown, Massachusetts

University of Iowa printmaking studios

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 21

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1947

Object typePhotograph

LocationRutgers University Archives, New Brunswick, New Jersey

University of Iowa printmaking studios

Description: Gathering at apartment of Dorothy Dehner (left), with Worden Day (center) and Lily...

Gathering at apartment of Dorothy Dehner (left), with Worden Day (center) and Lily Ente (right)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 21

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1972

Object typePhotograph

LocationArchives of American Art, Washington, D.C.

Gathering at apartment of Dorothy Dehner...

Gathering at apartment of Dorothy Dehner (left), with Worden Day (center) and Lily Ente (right)

Atelier 17 party at the home of Karl and Ilse Schrag, New York

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 21

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1960

Object typePhotograph

LocationTate Archives, London

Accession number2005.10/4 /2/4

Atelier 17 party at the home of Karl and...

Atelier 17 party at the home of Karl and Ilse Schrag, New York

Atelier 17 (The advanced group works together)

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 21

Creator nameHarris, Martin

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1947

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsGelatin silver print

Dimensions8 3/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.8 × 25.2 cm)

LocationFine Arts Museums of San Francisco

https://art.famsf.org/martin-harris/atelier-17-advanced-group-works-together-2004140712

Accession number2004.140.7.12

Atelier 17 (The advanced group works...

Atelier 17 (The advanced group works together)

Monte Alban '35/Monte Alban

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 15

Creator nameAlbers, Josef

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1935–1939

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsGelatin silver prints mounted on cardboard

DimensionsOverall 8 1/8 x 20 in. (20.6 x 50.8 cm)

LocationJosef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop, Germany

Accession number9/509

Monte Alban '35/Monte Alban

Untitled

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 09

Creator nameDahl-Wolfe, Louise

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1937

Object typePhotograph

LocationCollection Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona

Untitled

Diva at 73

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 09

Creator nameLawson, Deana

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

Diva at 73

Untitled

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 09

Creator nameSiskind, Aaron

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1940−1941

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsNegative, gelatin on safety base sheet film

Dimensions12 × 9 cm

LocationGeorge Eastman House, Rochester, New York

Untitled

Untitled (Silver Handcuffs)

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 09

Creator nameHarris, Lyle Ashton

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date2007

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsDigital pigment print on silver foil

Dimensions46 × 35 in.

LocationCRG Gallery, New York

Untitled (Silver Handcuffs)

Plastic Bodies

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 09

Creator nameBright, Sheila Pree

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsArchival inkjet prints

Dimensions24 × 30 cm.

Plastic Bodies

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