Richard Calvo (AMERICAN) and Harold Roth (AMERICAN, 1918-2001)
Empire State Building, New York, 1942
41st Street, From Fifth Avenue, New York, 1971
Set of 2 gelatin silver prints mounted to board
1942-1971
Each inscribed with artist's name and title in unknown hand, verso
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches (16 1/2 x 8 1/2 cm); 5 1/4 x 3 15/16 inches (13 1/3 x 35 1/3 cm)
Minor condition issues
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Born in 1918, New York photographer Harold Roth received his first camera in 1930, as a gift from Kodak to half a million children who turned twelve in the year of the fiftieth anniversary of George Eastman's first patent. By the late 1930s, Roth had graduated to a Graflex camera and begun to extensively document the city around him, alongside artists such as Ruth Orkin, Berenice Abbott, and Esther Bubley. He is best known for his photographs of 1940s and 1950s New York City street life, such as the image here. Similarly, Richard Calvo’s output has been dedicated to the landscape. A master printer, Mr. Calvo’s images can be found internationally.

Each gelatin silver print is mounted to a board with minor condition issues. They are both inscribed with the artists’ name and title in an unknown hand on the verso. Their dimensions are 6 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches (16 1/2 x 8 1/2 cm) and 5 1/4 x 3 15/16 inches (13 1/3 x 35 1/3 cm).