"AWAY, 1947"

gelatin silver print

8x10 gelatin silver print from 4x5 sheet film negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1947. Image of 45' Sparkman & Stephens designed, Henry B. Nevins Inc. built New York 32 class sloop AWAY (built 1936 in City Island, NY) at Miami-Nassau Race. Visible in image: starboard quarter view of AWAY on port close reach heeled over, rail down under marconi-rigged mainsail and club-footed jib, crew members bundled up in coats and pants, sky is grey and cloudy. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 98 and 117. Handwritten on back: "Away" and stamped on back in rectangular box: “MORRIS ROSENFELD / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATOR / 116 NASSAU ST., N.Y. / Phone Beekman 3-4970” and "115550F".

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection