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Max Yavno
Unemployed1953

Not on view
Sepia-toned street photograph of four men in hats and jackets gathered on a sidewalk in front of a corrugated metal wall, strongly lit from the right

Max Yavno, Unemployed, 1953, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Max Yavno
United States, active California, Los Angeles and San Francisco, 1911-1985
Title
Unemployed
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1953
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 10 3/8 × 13 1/2 in. (26.35 × 34.29 cm) Primary support: 10 3/8 × 13 1/2 in. (26.35 × 34.29 cm) Secondary support: 15 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (40.48 × 25.24 cm) Mat: 15 15/16 × 19 15/16 in. (40.48 × 50.64 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.2537
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© 1998 Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona Foundation

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