Joseph Schwartz
Sisters on DeKalb Avenue, Williamsburgh, Brooklyn, New York

Sisters on DeKalb Avenue, Williamsburgh, Brooklyn, New York
Sisters on DeKalb Avenue, Williamsburgh, Brooklyn, New York
Sisters on DeKalb Avenue, Williamsburgh, Brooklyn, New York
ArtistAmerican, 1913–2013
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Sisters on DeKalb Avenue, Williamsburgh, Brooklyn, New York
Date1930s
Place depictedNew York, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 7/8 × 10 3/4 in. (35.2 × 27.3 cm)
 Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 3/4 in. (35.2 × 27.3 cm)
 Mount: 20 1/8 × 15 in. (51.1 × 38.1 cm)
 Mat: 24 × 20 1/4 in. (61 × 51.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Pilara Family Foundation
Object number2024.946
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Michael Shapiro Photography, San Francisco]; purchased by Pilara Foundation, San Francisco, 2006; given to MFAH, 2024.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed, titled & dated in pencil, on mount

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