American Pictures

Oct 15, 2004–Feb 26, 2005

A couple kisses under a theater marquee reading "KISS ME, STUPID" while crowds pass by.
A couple kisses under a theater marquee reading "KISS ME, STUPID" while crowds pass by.

Joel Meyerowitz, New Year's Eve, NYC, 1965, printed 1999. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Image: 8 7/8 × 13 5/16 in. (22.5 × 33.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Ronald B. and Susan N. Milch 2000.286.11. © Joel Meyerowitz, courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery

American Pictures was curated by Elisabeth Sussman.

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