Weegee

Variant of Untitled (Striking Beauty)
1940

A dramatic black and white photograph capturing a bolt of lightning striking down over a city skyline at night, with silhouettes of high-rise buildings and a bridge visible against a dark, clouded sky. The scene is illuminated by the stark contrast of the lightning and city lights.

A dramatic black and white photograph capturing a bolt of lightning striking down over a city skyline at night, with silhouettes of high-rise buildings and a bridge visible against a dark, clouded sky. The scene is illuminated by the stark contrast of the lightning and city lights.

Not on view

Date
1940

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 11in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm) Image: 13 3/8 × 10 3/16in. (34 × 25.9 cm)

Accession number
96.90.14

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Denise Rich

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/10447

Exhibitions

T. J. Wilcox: In the Air

Sept 19, 2013–Feb 9, 2014

Weegee
36 works in the collection

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