The staff of the Statue of Liberty New York, 1974

Title

The staff of the Statue of Liberty New York

Photographer

• Neal Slavin

Period Produced

• 20th century

School

• documentary photography

Object Type

• photograph

Physical Description

Chromogenic colour print

Material

• gelatin emulsion
• dyes
• photo paper

Technique

• Chromogenic colour print

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Photographic Collection

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

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

Picture Copyright

© Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, photograph by Neal Slavin

Acquisition

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

Genre

• documentary photography
• portrait

Main Motif

• man
• woman
• group of people
• New York state
• Statue of Liberty
• Liberty Island

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
• Libertas

Primary

• 61E(New York, NY) names of cities and villages (New York, NY)
• 61E(LIBERTY ISLAND) names of cities and villages (LIBERTY ISLAND)
• 61F(STATUE OF LIBERTY (New York)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (STATUE OF LIBERTY (New York))
• 46A7 crowd, mob
• 51E11 Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertà' (Ripa)

Secondary

• 31D14 adult man
• 31D15 adult woman
• 48C244 pedestal of a piece of sculpture (perhaps in the form of a herm)
• 41B32 torch
• 49L6451 clay tablet, stone tablet