Dan Weiner
May Day, NYC

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Artist Dan Weiner (American, 1919 - 1959)American, 1919 - 1959

CultureAmerican

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May Day, NYC

Date1948

PlaceNew York, New York, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 3/16 × 13 1/2 in. (23.4 × 34.3 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mundy Companies

Object number81.62

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1981.
Exhibition HistoryLoaned to Manes Center of the Union of Czechoslovak Creative Artists, Progue, c/o U.S.I.A., Washington, D.C. for "The 150th Anniversary of the Invention of Photography: Prague 1989," from Aug. 1 to Sep. 30, 1989 (LN:89.10).
Exhibited "Evocative Presence: Twentieth Century Photographs in the Museum Collection", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston February 27 - May 1, 1988

"Public Dress," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 19 June - 8 October, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

verso top left in pencil "May Day NYC-1948 / Parade"
bottom right corner in pencil "DW.7"
center below stamp in pencil "30 W 60 St. / NYC / 52 1/2%[red pencil]"

verso upper center a stamp "DAN WEINER"

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