Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.

Two Girls, East Side, New York City

Artist Morris Engel (American, 1918 - 2005)

CultureAmerican

Date1939

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (24.1 × 19.1 cm)
Overall, Support: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (24.1 × 19.1 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)

SignedVerso, center, pencil signature: Morris Engel

InscribedVerso, bottom, center, pencil: NYC - 1939

Credit LineGift of Linda and Michael McGraw

Object number2019.14.12

Not on view

DescriptionTwo young girls wearing almost identical floral dresses walking along in New York City. The girl on the right has a while collar on her dress and holds her arm around the other girl's shoulder. A street sign in the upper right reads "W 38 / 9th AVE." Other figures can be seen.
ProvenancePhotographs Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas, Texas; Mike and Linda McGraw, purchased from gallery, 1999; Chrysler Museum of Art, gift from the McGraws in 2019.