Untitled (Three Dancers)

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Untitled (Three Dancers)
Untitled (Three Dancers)
Artist/Maker (American, born Austria, 1899 - 1968)
Datec. 1967
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsComposition: 10 1/2 in. × 10 in. (26.7 × 25.4 cm) Sheet: 14 in. × 11 1/8 in. (35.6 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Barry H. Garfinkel, P1978, '80
Object number1982.22
Not on view
DescriptionA naked young women is being painted with poka-dots by the artist Yayoi Kusama (born in Matsumoto City, Japan in 1929), while another dances in front of a rock band during one of Kusama's performance art events, or "happenings," in New York City, ca.1967. Kusama produced this series of happenings in the late 1960s titled "Body Festival" to protest the Vietnam War and promote themes like free love, civil rights, and anti-establishment sentiments.

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Untitled (Kusama's Body Festival, New York)
Provenance 1982: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery) by gift of Barry H. Garfinkel
Markings Stamp on verso at upper center [upside down]: CREDIT PHOTO BY / WEEGEE / THE FAMOUS.; stamp on verso at lower center [upside down]: WEEGEE / 451 WEST 47th STREET / NEW YORK CITY, U.S.A. / TEL: 265-1955; stamp on verso at lower center [upside down]: ARTHUR (WEEGEE) FELLIG / 6526 SELMA AVENUE / HOLLYWOOD 28, CALIFORNIA
Signature Signed with stamp on verso at upper center [upside down]: CREDIT PHOTO BY / WEEGEE / THE FAMOUS.; with stamp on verso at lower center [upside down]: WEEGEE / 451 WEST 47th STREET / NEW YORK CITY, U.S.A. / TEL: 265-1955; with stamp on verso at lower center [upside down]: ARTHUR (WEEGEE) FELLIG / 6526 SELMA AVENUE / HOLLYWOOD 28, CALIFORNIA
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