A color photograph of dark blue-gray storm clouds over the silhouette of a city skyline.

Storm over Fifth Ave.

Ruth Orkin (1921-1985)

Date

ca. 1960-1978
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Dye coupler print
Dimensions

8 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.
Inscriptions

Print verso:
signed l.c.: Ruth Orkin
inscribed: "A World Through My Window" \ From the Harper & Row book by Ruth Orkin
Old mount recto:
inscribed: Storm Over Fifth Ave, from "A World Through My Window"
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Kurt and Paulette Olden, New York
Accession Number

P1986.39.5
Copyright

© Ruth Orkin

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November 2, 2016–March 5, 2017

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Location: Off view

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