Vivian Cherry (American, 1920–2019). <em>[Untitled] (Boys Playing Cops and Robbers on Cellar Stairs)</em>, 1948. Gelatin silver print (vintage), 7 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. (19.1 x 20.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 1997.94.3. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: , 1997.94.3_bw_SL3.jpg)

Vivian Cherry (American, 1920–2019). [Untitled] (Boys Playing Cops and Robbers on Cellar Stairs), 1948. Gelatin silver print (vintage), 7 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. (19.1 x 20.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 1997.94.3. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: , 1997.94.3_bw_SL3.jpg)

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[Untitled] (Boys Playing Cops and Robbers on Cellar Stairs)

Vivian Cherry

Photography

ARTIST Vivian Cherry, American, 1920–2019

MEDIUM Gelatin silver print (vintage)

DATES 1948

DIMENSIONS 7 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. (19.1 x 20.0 cm) (show scale)

SIGNATURE Signed on verso: "Vivian Cherry"; stamped on center verso: "© Photograph by Vivian Cherry"

INSCRIPTIONS Inscribed on photographic backing lower left in pencil: "'48 Magazine, Photograph Magazine 1952"; lower right in pencil: "Vivian Cherry, 1948"; lower right stamp: Vivian Cherry; "Written by Barbara Millstein, Curator of Photography"; lower center in pencil: 'Game of Guns' "; upper left in pencil: "Vintage"

COLLECTIONS Photography

ACCESSION NUMBER 1997.94.3

CREDIT LINE Gift of the artist

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Vivian Cherry (American, 1920–2019). [Untitled] (Boys Playing Cops and Robbers on Cellar Stairs), 1948. Gelatin silver print (vintage), 7 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. (19.1 x 20.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 1997.94.3. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: , 1997.94.3_bw_SL3.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 1997.94.3_bw_SL3.jpg., 2018

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