Brett Weston

NY Skyline
c.1940

Black and white photograph of a dense urban skyline with a variety of mid-rise and high-rise buildings, including a prominent skyscraper in the center. The foreground features lower buildings with flat roofs, some with billboards and water towers. The cityscape suggests a mid-20th century setting.

Black and white photograph of a dense urban skyline with a variety of mid-rise and high-rise buildings, including a prominent skyscraper in the center. The foreground features lower buildings with flat roofs, some with billboards and water towers. The cityscape suggests a mid-20th century setting.

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Date
c.1940

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 10in. (20.2 × 25.4 cm) Image (Irregular): 7 5/8 × 9 11/16in. (19.4 × 24.6 cm)

Accession number
2002.426

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

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Brett Weston
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