William Klein

Pigeons, Herald Square
1954, printed 1984

A black and white photograph capturing a bustling city street scene with a blurred pigeon in the foreground, pigeons on the ground, and a person standing to the right. In the background, there are cars, buildings with billboards advertising "UNCHAINED," and a hazy view of a cityscape that suggests movement and urban life.
A black and white photograph capturing a bustling city street scene with a blurred pigeon in the foreground, pigeons on the ground, and a person standing to the right. In the background, there are cars, buildings with billboards advertising "UNCHAINED," and a hazy view of a cityscape that suggests movement and urban life.

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Date
1954, printed 1984

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 15/16 × 15 15/16in. (30.3 × 40.5 cm) Image: 9 1/16 × 14in. (23 × 35.6 cm)

Accession number
91.100.6

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Virginia M. Zabriskie

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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