Artists on the Beach, East Hampton
Artist
Hans Namuth
(American, 1915–1990)
Date1962
Mediumgelatin silver print on board
Dimensionssheet: 40.1 x 50.1 cm (15 13/16 x 19 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of Amy Zachary
Object number2000.17
DescriptionStanding left to right : Al Held, Buffie Johnson, Lester Johnson, Howard Kanovitz, Michael Goldberg, Syd Solomon, Frederich Keisler, Norman Bluhm, Unknown, Perle Fine. Seated left to right: Unknown, Lee Krasner, Balcomb Greene, Sylvia Stone, John Little, Elenor Hempstead, David Porter, Rae Ferren, James Brooks, Arline Wingate, Tania, and Louis Schanker, Adolph Gottlieb, Lucia Wilcox, John Ferren, Theodore Stamos, Elizabeth Parker, Jane Wilson, Jane Freilicher, and Robert Dash.
Label TextA familiar figure in the New York art scene for four decades, Namuth’s photographs of artists and well-to-do friends often appeared in magazines like Life and Harper’s Bazaar in the 1950s. In some cases, Namuth’s photographs of his artist-friends became better known than the paintings themselves. This famous image of a summer picnic in East Hampton, Long Island, represents left to right standing: Al Held, Buffie Johnson, Lester Johnson, Howard Kanovitz, Michael Goldberg, Syd Solomon, Frederich Keisler, Norman Bluhm, Unknown, Perle Fine. Seated left to right: Unknown, Lee Krasner, Balcomb Greene, Sylvia Stone, John Little, Elenor Hempstead, David Porter, Rae Ferren, James Brooks, Arline Wingate, Tania, and Louis Schanker, Adolph Gottlieb, Lucia Wilcox, John Ferren, Theodore Stamos, Elizabeth Parker, Jane Wilson, Jane Freilicher, and Robert Dash. ProvenanceAmy Zachary, New York, NY
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