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Ruth Orkin
Boy Jumping into Hudson River, NYC - Children playing, New York Scene, Summer

1941

$1,450
£1,107.19
€1,260.58
CA$2,036.03
A$2,225.78
CHF 1,177.54
MX$26,635.01
NOK 14,982.47
SEK 13,714.93
DKK 9,415.74

About the Item

Boy Jumping into Hudson River, NYC by Ruth Orkin is a black and white gelatin silver print of a child jumping off a building into the water below. Gelatin Silver Print 14 x 11 in. Blind stamp on print margin Signed by estate, titled, dated and copyright date in pencil on artist stamp. Ruth Orkin (1921 - 1985) was an American photojournalist and filmmaker. Orkin photographed many celebrities and eminent personalities amongst the likes of Einstein, Marlon Brando, Alfred Hitchcock, Doris Day, and Tennessee Williams. She travelled the world on assignments from magazines such as LIFE and Look, and her most celebrated photograph from those travels is “An American Girl in Italy” (1951). In 1952, she married fellow photographer and filmmaker Morris Engel, with whom she worked on two independent feature films. In the following decades, she taught photography in New York at the School of Visual Arts and the International Center of Photography. Orkin’s work has received many awards and been published in a number of books.
  • Creator:
    Ruth Orkin (1921-1985, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1941
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 14 in (35.56 cm)Width: 11 in (27.94 cm)Depth: 0.01 in (0.26 mm)
  • More Editions Sizes:
    20 x 16 in.Price: $1,750
  • Medium:
    Silver Gelatin
  • Movement Style:
    Modern
  • Period:
    1940-1949
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Denton, TX
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU21517051492

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