Louis Faurer
New York, N.Y. [abstraction, looking up at broadway lights]

New York, N.Y. [abstraction, looking up at broadway lights]

© Estate of Louis Faurer

New York, N.Y. [abstraction, looking up at broadway lights]
New York, N.Y. [abstraction, looking up at broadway lights]
ArtistAmerican, 1916–2001
PrinterAmerican, born 1952
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • New York, N.Y. [abstraction, looking up at broadway lights]
Datec. 1970s, printed 2001
PlaceNew York City, New York, United States
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 10 × 6 3/4 in. (25.4 × 17.1 cm)
 Sheet: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by Mark and Margaret Faurer and Kelton Labs
Object number2001.307.1
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionFor nearly 50 years, Louis Faurer photographed life on the streets of New York, Philadelphia, and other major cities, creating images of daily life with clarity, tenderness, wit, and empathy. Almost always, he shot in black-and-white with a handheld 35mm camera, but at times he carried a second camera loaded with color film to take advantage of opportunities such as this dynamic arrangement of illuminated signs. Faurer could not afford to print his color negatives, so this aspect of his work came to light posthumously.
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryEXHIBITED: "Louis Faurer Retrospective," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Lower Jones and Masterson Galleries, January 13, 2002 - April 14, 2002.

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