David Vestal

East 13th Street, New York
1955

A black and white photograph capturing a bustling street scene at night with blurred figures of people in the foreground and decorative lights forming arches in the background. The lights create a festive atmosphere, and the motion blur suggests the movement of the crowd.

A black and white photograph capturing a bustling street scene at night with blurred figures of people in the foreground and decorative lights forming arches in the background. The lights create a festive atmosphere, and the motion blur suggests the movement of the crowd.

Not on view

Date
1955

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 9 5/16in. (35.4 × 23.7 cm) Image: 9 1/16 × 13 5/8in. (23 × 34.6 cm)

Accession number
97.39

Edition
Vintage

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/11283

Exhibitions

Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection

Apr 2, 2016–Apr 2, 2017
Full House: Views of the Whitney’s Collection at 75

June 29–Sept 3, 2006
Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940–2001

June 26–Sept 22, 2002

David Vestal
3 works in the collection

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