Brett Weston

New York, Manhattan Courtyard
1945

A black and white photograph capturing the stark contrast of a leafless tree and a fire escape against the backdrop of a multi-story building's brick facade, with shadows creating a dramatic effect on the scene.

A black and white photograph capturing the stark contrast of a leafless tree and a fire escape against the backdrop of a multi-story building's brick facade, with shadows creating a dramatic effect on the scene.

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Date
1945

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 × 8in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm) Image (Irregular): 9 5/8 × 7 3/4in. (24.4 × 19.7 cm)

Accession number
2002.202

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Christian K. Keesee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/16833

Exhibitions

Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940–2001

June 26–Sept 22, 2002

Brett Weston
97 works in the collection

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