William Klein

Broadway
1954, printed 1979

A black and white photograph capturing a tense moment where a woman and a young boy are staring down the barrel of a gun pointed directly at the camera. The woman appears concerned or alarmed, and the boy looks on with a neutral expression. There is handwritten text at the bottom of the image.
A black and white photograph capturing a tense moment where a woman and a young boy are staring down the barrel of a gun pointed directly at the camera. The woman appears concerned or alarmed, and the boy looks on with a neutral expression. There is handwritten text at the bottom of the image.

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Date
1954, printed 1979

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 11 3/4in. (40 × 29.8 cm) Image: 11 13/16 × 8 1/2in. (30 × 21.6 cm)

Accession number
P.2016.10

Series
PORTFOLIO N.Y., 1954-55

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Promised gift of Carole Naggar

Rights and reproductions
© William Klein / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Photo © William Klein/SAIF, Paris/VAGA, New York

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