Inv. No.S-0652
Title
"Midtown New York"
Year1946, vintage
Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions33 x 41 cm
Signature
titled, dated and signed (ink) on verso
Comment
Like in the pictures from the 1920s by Germaine Krull or László Moholy-Nagy where the shadowing of architectural details often plays an important role, Todd Webb shows in the late 1940s strict geometric shadow patters of the omnipresent fire escapes in New York.
(Fritz Simak)