Weegee

(Woman with turban)
c. 1960

A vintage black and white photograph showing a person with their head wrapped in a cloth that obscures their face, creating a mysterious and abstract effect. The image is slightly tilted, and the edges of the photo show signs of wear and age.
A vintage black and white photograph showing a person with their head wrapped in a cloth that obscures their face, creating a mysterious and abstract effect. The image is slightly tilted, and the edges of the photo show signs of wear and age.

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Date
c. 1960

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 14 × 11 3/16in. (35.6 × 28.4 cm) Image: 13 9/16 × 10 3/4in. (34.5 × 27.3 cm)

Accession number
96.240.11

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

API
artworks/11062

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