Harlem, Watching a Sky Writing Plane

Vivian Cherry

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Vivian Cherry (American, 1920–2019). Harlem, Watching a Sky Writing Plane, 1952. Gelatin silver print, 8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Harry Kahn, and Mrs. Carl L. Selden, 1994.31.1. © Vivian Cherry. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Photography

Title

Harlem, Watching a Sky Writing Plane

Date

1952

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Classification

Photograph

Dimensions

8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 cm)

Signatures

Signed on recto in ink in lower right: "Vivian Cherry"; signed and dated in ink on verso

Inscriptions

Inscribed in pencil on verso: title

Credit Line

Purchased with funds given by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Harry Kahn, and Mrs. Carl L. Selden

Accession Number

1994.31.1

Rights

© Vivian Cherry

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