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JACOB RIIS (1849–1914)
Blind Beggar, 1888
gelatin silver print, printed c. 1957 by Rolf Petersen
credited, titled, dated and annotated 'Museum of the City of New York' and variously otherwise annotated, all in pencil, with Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Study Collection stamp (verso)
image: 4 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (12 x 15.9 cm.)
sheet: 5 x 6 1/2 in. (12.7 x 16.5 cm.)

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This work was printed in conjunction with the exhibition 70 Photographers Look at New York presented by The Museum of Modern Art in 1957.

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