George A. and Joan G. Violin collection
1950, 1994, undated, inclusive
Violin, Joan G. (Role: Collector)
Violin, George A. (Role: Collector)
The collection includes the work of photographers Louis Faurer (1916-2001) and Arnold Newman (1918-2006) and artist Vincent D. Smith (1929-2003). Faurer is represented by four images from 1950s New York City; Newman by eight undated portraits; and Smith by a signed suite of prints of eight of his etchings from 1965-1966 concerning African-American life and racial animosity. Further details on the individual photographs and the suite of etchings are detailed below in the container list.
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New-York Historical Society
Louis Faurer Photographs, circa 1950
1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Includes four gelatin silver prints of images taken in New York City. The container list includes titles and other details as recorded by the curator of N-YHS's Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections.
Untitled, NY, 1950
1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Printed 1980; signed & titled on verso in graphite Louis Faurer; verso in graphite – lower left, circled "152"; verso lower center "PF109137"; verso lower right "20.17"; sheet: 10 7/8 x 13 7/8"; image: 8 x 11 1/4".
San Genaro Festival, New York, NY, 1950
1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Signed & titled on verso in graphite Louis Faurer; verso in graphite – lower left "284"; verso lower center "PF109269"; verso lower right "37.40"; sheet: 10 7/8 x 13 7/8"; image: 8 3/16 x 12 3/8".
NY, NY, circa 1950
1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Printed 1981; signed & titled on verso in graphite Louis Faurer; verso in graphite – lower left "188"; verso lower center "PF109173"; verso lower right "24.34"; sheet: 10 7/8 x 13 7/8"; image: 6 9/16 x 9 7/8".
Barnum & Baily Dressing Rooms, NYC, circa 1950
1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Printed 1981; signed & titled on verso in graphite Louis Faurer; verso in graphite – lower left "302"; verso lower center "PF109287"; verso lower right "39.37"; sheet: 10 7/8 x 13 7/8"; image: 8 1/16 x 12".
Arnold Newman Photographs, Undated
Includes eight gelatin silver prints of portraits. The container list includes titles and other details as recorded by the curator of N-YHS's Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections.
Dorothy Norman, Undated
1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Stamped on verso copyright Arnold Newman, 39 West 67th St., N.Y.C. 10023; lower center verso "PF82163" in graphite; "47" in graphite lower right verso; "6161" graphite center of verso ; sheet: 13 /8 x 10 7/8"; image: 10 15/16 x 8 1/4".
George Segal, Undated
1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Stamped on verso copyright Arnold Newman, 39 West 67th St., N.Y.C. 10023; sheet: 10 7/8 x 13 7/8"; image: 8 1/16 x 13 9/16"; graphite verso lower center "PF 125671; graphite verso center "6274-2 17A".
Robert Indiana, Undated
1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Stamped on verso copyright Arnold Newman, 39 West 67th St., N.Y.C. 10023; sheet: 13 13/16 x 10 7/8"; image 12 ¼ x 9 9/16"; verso center graphite "5648A GAL; verso lower center graphite "PF84748"; verso lower right graphite "564B v1.001".
Lily Harmon, Undated
1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Stamped on verso copyright Arnold Newman, 39 West 67th St., N.Y.C. 10023; sheet 7 7/8 x 9 7/8" image: 6 7/16 x 9 3/8"; stamped on verso copyright Arnold Newman, 39 West 67th St., N.Y.C. 10023; verso center graphite "5341-1-20a"; verso lower left graphite "114"; verso lower center graphite "PF82230".
Jimmy Ernst, Undated
1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Stamped on verso copyright Arnold Newman, 39 West 67th St., N.Y.C. 10023; sheet: 9 7/8 x 7 7/8"; image: 9 ¾ x 6 7/16"; verso center graphite "550B"; verso lower center graphite "PF84768"; verso lower right graphite "550B v1.001".
Carl Sandberg, Undated
1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Stamped on verso copyright Arnold Newman, 39 West 67th St., N.Y.C. 10023; sheet: 13 3/4" x 10 15/16"; image: 9 15/16 x 7 ¾"; verso center graphite "lighter 2401"; verso upper right graphite "PD"; lower center graphite "PF125674".
Helena Rubenstein, Undated
1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Stamped on verso copyright Arnold Newman, 39 West 67th St., N.Y.C. 10023; sheet: 13 7/8 x 10 7/8"; image: 12 11/16 x 10 1/8"; verso center graphite "1340"; verso lower center graphite "PF 125673"; verso lower right graphite "V7 016".
Joseph Stella
1, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Stamped on verso copyright Arnold Newman, 39 West 67th St., N.Y.C. 10023; sheet: 13 7/8 x 10 7/8"; image: 12 7/16 x 10"; verso top center graphite "#869"; verso lower center graphite "PF125652"; verso lower right graphite "V7 002".
Vincent D. Smith: Eight Etchings, 1965-1966, 1994
1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Includes a cased suite of etchings printed on Arches paper in 1994 by Kelly Driscoll at the Printmaking Workshop under the supervision of Robert Blackburn and the artist. Suite is number 27/40. Pages signed by artist and noted AP. Published by G.W. Einstein Company, Inc. The etchings are titled "Dispossess," Shadows in Harlem," The Man in Harlem," "Mississippi Incident," "Down on the Farm," "First Day of School," "Housing Northern[?] Style," and "The Long Hot Summer."
