Weegee

(Man with pipe)
c. 1960

A black and white photograph featuring a symmetrical composition with a man's face at the center, mirrored along the vertical axis. The man has a mustache and is wearing round glasses, with smoke billowing out symmetrically from two pipes in his mouth. The image includes a halo-like ring above his head and a reflection at the bottom, creating an illusion of a triangular shape with a crown-like symbol at the tip. The photo has a vintage look with white borders, and there are some scratches and imperfections visible on the surface.
A black and white photograph featuring a symmetrical composition with a man's face at the center, mirrored along the vertical axis. The man has a mustache and is wearing round glasses, with smoke billowing out symmetrically from two pipes in his mouth. The image includes a halo-like ring above his head and a reflection at the bottom, creating an illusion of a triangular shape with a crown-like symbol at the tip. The photo has a vintage look with white borders, and there are some scratches and imperfections visible on the surface.

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Date
c. 1960

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 × 8 1/8in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm) Image: 8 3/16 × 7 3/16in. (20.8 × 18.3 cm)

Accession number
96.240.7

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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