Young Boys – Iron Range, Minnesota

Jerome Liebling, Young Boys--Iron Range, Minnesota, 1951, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase in part through the Director's Discretionary Fund, 1990.67.1, © 1970, Jerome Liebling
Copied Jerome Liebling, Young Boys--Iron Range, Minnesota, 1951, gelatin silver print, sheet: 5 3⁄4 x 7 3⁄8 in. (14.6 x 18.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase in part through the Director’s Discretionary Fund, 1990.67.1, © 1970, Jerome Liebling

Artwork Details

Title
Young Boys – Iron Range, Minnesota
Artist
Date
1951
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 5 3⁄4 x 7 3⁄8 in. (14.6 x 18.7 cm)
Copyright
© 1970, Jerome Liebling
Credit Line
Museum purchase in part through the Director’s Discretionary Fund
Mediums Description
gelatin silver print
Classifications
Subjects
  • Children
  • Landscape — Minnesota — Iron Range
  • Architecture Exterior — detail — fence
Object Number
1990.67.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1990.67.1

Artwork Description

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.


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