Queen Mary passing 42nd Street, 1950

Title

Queen Mary passing 42nd Street

Photographer

• Andreas Feininger

Period Produced

• 20th century

School

• documentary photography

Object Type

• photograph

Physical Description

Silver Gelatin print on paper

Material

• silver particles
• gelatin emulsion
• paper

Technique

• silver gelatin print

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert, betitelt und datiert verso: Handschriftlich mit Bleistift

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet verso: Stempel: LIFE PHOTO; BY; ANDREAS FEININGER

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Photographic Collection

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Eigentum des Städelschen Museums-Vereins e.V.

Picture Copyright

Photo by Andreas Feininger © Time Inc., New York

Acquisition

Acquired in 2011 with support from the Kulturstiftung der Länder and the Hessischer Kulturstiftung, property of the Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.

Genre

• architecture
• city view

Main Motif

• New York, NY
• ship
• Queen Mary (ship)
• USA
• 42nd Street (New York, NY)
• building

Primary

• 48C1 architecture
• 25I1 city-view in general; 'veduta'
• 61E(New York, NY) names of cities and villages (New York, NY)
• 46C21 ships (in general)

Secondary

• 47A121 smoke-stack
• 41B162 smoke
• 41A15 skyscraper