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“Over the Roofs of Chelsea” by Rudy Burckhardt

Rudy Burckhardt photomontage “Over the Roofs of Chelsea” created in 1949 for the exhibition with Helen DeMott, Lucia Vernarelli and Edith Schloss Burckhardt at the Pyramid Gallery in New York City. The three close friends were called “Chelsea Girls” by Edwin Denby. Foreground: DeMott, Schloss (pregnant with her son Jacob Burckhardt), and Vernarelli. From the Edith Schloss Burckhardt Archive.

Rudy Burckhardt photomontage “Over the Roofs of Chelsea” created in 1949 for an exhibition by Helen DeMott, Lucia Vernarelli, and Edith Schloss Burckhardt at the Pyramid Gallery in New York. The three close friends were called “Chelsea Girls” by Edwin Denby. Foreground: DeMott, Schloss (pregnant with her son Jacob Burckhardt), and Vernarelli. From the Edith Schloss Burckhardt Archive.