On the Road: Photographs by Robert Frank from the Collection of Arthur S. Penn
On the Road: Photographs by Robert Frank from the Collection of Arthur S. Penn
Robert Frank
Striking Worker (Hearns Department Store)
Auction Closed
February 22, 08:37 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
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Robert Frank
1924 - 2019
Striking Worker (Hearns Department Store)
gelatin silver print, signed and dated in ink on the image, numerical notations in pencil and circular label with annotations in ink on the reverse, 1953, printed before 1978
image: 13⅝ by 9 in. (34.6 by 22.9 cm.)
Acquired from the photographer, 1978
In May of 1953, over 800 members of the New York chapter of the Distributive, Processing and Office Workers union staged a weeks-long walk-out against the Hearns Department store, in protest against management attempting to eliminate minimum wage standards, seniority provisions, severance pay, and health and welfare programs. Hearns was one of the largest department stores in New York, located on 14th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues.