Object Details
Artist
Jerome Liebling, born New York City 1924-died Northampton, MA 2011
Exhibition Label
The son of a waiter in Depression-era Brooklyn, Jerome Liebling sympathized with “the folk who had to struggle to stay even,” and recognized unheralded individuals in his work. Liebling’s preoccupation with the human condition led him everywhere from a home for the blind to a slaughterhouse. He confronted difficult subject matter, usually avoided in mass media, with compassion.
A Democracy of Images: Photographs from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2013
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase in part through the Director's Discretionary Fund
Copyright
© 1970, Jerome Liebling
Date
1951
Object number
1990.67.1
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Photography-Photoprint
Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 5 3/4 x 7 3/8 in. (14.6 x 18.7 cm)
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Department
Graphic Arts
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Children
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Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_1990.67.1