Image

Jules Aarons

Street Game, North End, Boston

Description

Maker

Jules Aarons (American, 1921-2008)

Title

Street Game, North End, Boston

Year

1951

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

silver print

Supports

Dimensions

Sheet: 40.6 x 33 cm (16 x 13 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2004.32.3

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Urban America, 1930-1970
Dec 01, 2006 – Feb 25, 2007

Label copy

A Boston-area photographer, Jules Aarons produced a number of photo essays on the immigrant communities and working-class neighborhoods of Boston. Like many mid­century artists, Aarons documented not just adult life, but childhood also, often contrasting children's innocence and sense of adventure with the severity of the urban environment. Aarons's combined interest in social documentation and the abstract geometry of the city is evident here.

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Jules Aarons (American, 1921-2008)
Street Game, North End, Boston, 1951
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 40.6 x 33 cm (16 x 13 inches)
Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 2004.32.3

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