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Max Yavno
Harlemcirca 1940, printed circa 1940

Not on view
Sepia-toned photograph of two Black men standing at the top of a brownstone stoop and a young Black boy at street level, with 'Furnished Room to Let' signs on the building facade
Artist or Maker
Max Yavno
United States, active California, Los Angeles and San Francisco, 1911-1985
Title
Harlem
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1940, printed circa 1940
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 10 1/2 × 13 5/16 in. (26.6 × 33.8 cm) Primary support: 10 1/2 × 13 5/16 in. (26.6 × 33.8 cm) Secondary support: 15 13/16 × 19 13/16 in. (40.1 × 50.4 cm) Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.64 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.2525
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© 1998 Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona Foundation

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