Esther Bubley
Under the Elevated Train Platform, New York City

Under the Elevated Train Platform, New York City

© Jean Bubley and Esther Bubley Estate

Under the Elevated Train Platform, New York City
Under the Elevated Train Platform, New York City
ArtistAmerican, 1921–1998
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Under the Elevated Train Platform, New York City
Date1947, printed 2003
Place depictedNew York City, New York, United States
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 10 × 15 in. (25.4 × 38.1 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Sharon and Del Zogg in honor of the staff of the MFAH Photography Department
Object number2017.504
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Description

Esther Bubley was one of the first female photographers to make a living in the male-dominated world of photojournalism in the 1940s and 1950s. She also received recognition in the art world and was included in exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art and in a solo show in 1956 at Limelight Gallery. Bubley’s work provides a rich and revealing look at the United States in the postwar period. This color print depicts the bustling street below an elevated train station in New York City. The dark beams and tracks arc ominously around the bright street, possibly symbolizing the cloud of war slowly departing from daily life.


ProvenanceEstate of the artist; purchased by Del and Sharon Zogg; given to MFAH, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Papermark, verso, scattered: Fujicolor Crystal Archive // Paper // FUJIFILM
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