82-70 Austin Street, Kew Gardens, Queens, New York, from the series "On This Site: Lanscape in Memoriam"

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Joel Sternfeld

Title

82-70 Austin Street, Kew Gardens, Queens, New York, from the series "On This Site: Lanscape in Memoriam"

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1995

Medium

Chromogenic print

Edition

1 of 7

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, on mount, along bottom edge, in black ink: JS.212.0 1/7 87-70 Austin Ave [crossed out] Street, Kew Gardens, Queens, New York, November 1995 N-November 1995 / P-September 1996 Joel Sternfeld Kitty Genovese was repeatedly stabbed outside her apartment in the early morning hours of March 13, 1964. Thirty-eight people heard her cries for help. Although the attack lasted over half an hour, not a single person called the police until after she had died. From the series, On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam

Dimensions

Image/paper: 47.5 × 59.7 cm (18 3/4 × 23 9/16 in.); Mount: 63.4 × 75.7 cm (25 × 29 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Jeanne and Richard S. Press

Reference Number

1997.777.4

Extended information about this artwork

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