Red Grooms and Terry Barrell, "The Burning Building"
December 1959
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 34.3 x 21.8 cm (13 1/2 x 8 9/16 in.) sheet: 35.5 x 27.7 cm (14 x 10 7/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Collectors Committee
Accession Number
2000.135.1
About the Artist
John Cohen
John Cohen (1932–2019) was a pioneering American photographer, painter, musician, and filmmaker whose multifaceted career bridged the vibrant art scenes of mid-20th-century New York and the raw authenticity of Appalachian folk traditions. Born on August 2, 1932, in Sunnyside, Queens, to Israel Cohen, a shoe store owner, he grew up on eastern Long Island, where he first picked up the guitar and ban...