Ardent Dodger Fans, Locker Rooms at Dodger Stadium, Ebbett's Field, Brooklyn, New York

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Artist Joseph Schwartz (American, 1913–2013)American, 1913–2013

CultureAmerican

Titles

Ardent Dodger Fans, Locker Rooms at Dodger Stadium, Ebbett's Field, Brooklyn, New York

Date1948

Place depictedNew York, New York, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsSheet: 13 13/16 × 10 7/8 in. (35.1 × 27.6 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Pilara Family Foundation

Object number2024.956

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 208

On view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionBorn in Brooklyn to immigrant parents from Eastern Europe, Joseph Schwartz made photographs of the city throughout the course of his career. In the 1930s, Schwartz connected with members of the Photo League, and he adopted their socially engaged approach that sought to use photography to document and bring attention to the socioeconomic conditions of everyday Americans. Drawing on their intense enthusiasm for the Brooklyn Dodgers depsite not having access to the stadium’s interior, Schwartz’s photograph depicts a group of boys climbing part of Ebbets Field in hopes of glimpsing their beloved players.
Provenance[Michael Shapiro Photography, San Francisco]; purchased by Pilara Foundation, San Francisco, 2007; given to MFAH, 2024.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed, titled & notated "VINT" in pencil, on print verso

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