Untitled
c. 1938–60
A small gelatin silver print portrait of two young men leaning close together, made to capture a spontaneous moment of friendship and familiarity.
What hits you is the tight, near-life-size cropping and soft tonal rendering—faces nearly filling the frame, relaxed smiles and mirrored hairlines creating an immediate sense of warmth and ease.
As a vernacular, small-format gelatin silver photograph, it reflects the mid‑20th‑century spread of amateur portraiture and how everyday people used photography to record intimacy and personal identity outside formal studio conventions.
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Approx. 2 × 2" (5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Peter J. Cohen
Accession
767.2017.513
Palette
Exhibitions
