[Family Shopping for Modern Furniture in a Brooklyn Department Store]

1952

Not on view

Weiner was a much-respected photojournalist for the enormously successful picture magazines of the 1940s and 1950s such as Collier's, Fortune, and Life. His pictures combined a generosity of spirit towards his subjects–often seen in his photographs of life in New York's immigrant quarters–as well as a sharp eye for the contemporary scene, such as this Brooklyn couple puzzling over the latest craze. Weiner died tragically at the age of forty in a plane crash while en route to a photographing assignment; in a memorial to his friend in Print magazine, Evans described Weiner's qualities as "an amazing competence; faithfulness to himself; solidity of heart in his work; and a sound, professionally dependable talent that gave off a healthy glow."

Artwork Details

Title: [Family Shopping for Modern Furniture in a Brooklyn Department Store]
Artist: Dan Weiner (American, New York 1919–1959 Kentucky)
Date: 1952
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 22.8 x 34.4 cm (9 x 13 9/16 in.)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1990
Object Number: 1990.1138
Rights and Reproduction: Dan Weiner © John Broderick
Curatorial Department: Photographs

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