Weegee

Tony Curtis
c. 1960

A black and white photograph capturing a man from behind, likely at a formal event, with his hair slicked back. In the foreground, the back of his dark suit is visible. In the background, there are other people, including a man facing the camera holding a camera with a flash, suggesting that the event is being documented. The photo has a handwritten caption at the bottom.
A black and white photograph capturing a man from behind, likely at a formal event, with his hair slicked back. In the foreground, the back of his dark suit is visible. In the background, there are other people, including a man facing the camera holding a camera with a flash, suggesting that the event is being documented. The photo has a handwritten caption at the bottom.

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Date
c. 1960

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 6 15/16 × 7 9/16in. (17.6 × 19.2 cm) Image: 6 1/16 × 7 7/16in. (15.4 × 18.9 cm)

Accession number
96.240.1

Edition
Vintage

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Murray & Isabella Rayburn Foundation, Inc.

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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