Joseph Schwartz
Unemployed Seamen, East River Pier, New York City

Unemployed Seamen, East River Pier, New York City
Unemployed Seamen, East River Pier, New York City
Unemployed Seamen, East River Pier, New York City
ArtistAmerican, 1913–2013
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Unemployed Seamen, East River Pier, New York City
Date1930s
Place depictedNew York, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (34.3 × 26.7 cm)
 Sheet: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Pilara Family Foundation
Object number2024.958
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Michael Shapiro Photography, San Francisco]; purchased by Pilara Foundation, San Francisco, 2005; given to MFAH, 2024.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Annotated, signed, titled & numbered verso lower edge: "145 / Unemployed Seamen / Joe Schwartz / Old Salts East River Pier NYC 1930's/ Blu B-k "77 / 7980"

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