Weegee

Untitled (Weegee and kaleidoscope)
c. 1955

A black and white photograph of a person peering intently through a camera with a kaleidoscopic attachment. The individual is wearing a flat cap and a suit, with a cigarette hanging from the corner of their mouth. In the foreground, the camera and kaleidoscope are in focus, while the background shows a blurred city street scene. The image includes a handwritten inscription at the bottom.
A black and white photograph of a person peering intently through a camera with a kaleidoscopic attachment. The individual is wearing a flat cap and a suit, with a cigarette hanging from the corner of their mouth. In the foreground, the camera and kaleidoscope are in focus, while the background shows a blurred city street scene. The image includes a handwritten inscription at the bottom.

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Date
c. 1955

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 1/8 × 8in. (25.7 × 20.3 cm) Image (Irregular): 9 1/8 × 7 11/16in. (23.2 × 19.5 cm)

Accession number
96.278.4

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Raymond W. Merritt Jr.

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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