Freedom Square (World's Fair)
John Albok
Photography
MEDIUM
Gold toned gelatin silver print
DATES
1938
DIMENSIONS
image: 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (34.3 x 26.7 cm)
sheet: 13 3/4 x 10 7/8 in. (34.9 x 27.6 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed in lower right of recto in pencil: "John Albok"
INSCRIPTIONS
Inscribed in pencil on lower left of recto: "Freedom Square"; in pencil on lower right of recto: "Leo Friedlanders Four Statues Representing the Four Freedoms Stood on Constitution Mall, Heal the Lagoon of all Nations"
COLLECTIONS
Photography
ACCESSION NUMBER
1990.122.7
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Ilona Albok Vitarius
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
John Albok (American, born Hungary, 1894–1982). Freedom Square (World's Fair), 1938. Gold toned gelatin silver print, image: 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (34.3 x 26.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ilona Albok Vitarius, 1990.122.7. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1990.122.7.jpg)
EDITION
Edition: 1/2
IMAGE
overall, CUR.1990.122.7.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
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