Untitled (Four Dancers)

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Untitled (Four Dancers)
Untitled (Four Dancers)
Artist/Maker (American, born Austria, 1899 - 1968)
Datec. 1967
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsComposition: 9 3/4 in. × 10 in. (24.8 × 25.4 cm) Sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Barry H. Garfinkel, P1978, '80
Object number1982.20
Not on view
DescriptionSemi-clothed young women dance in front of a rock band during a performance art event, or "happening," organized by artist Yayoi Kusama (born in Matsumoto City, Japan in 1929), New York, 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.
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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 [upside down] on verso at upper left center: WEEGEE / 451 West 47th STREET / NEW YORK CITY, U.S.A. / TEL: 265-1955; stamp on verso [upside down] at upper right center: ARTHUR (WEEGEE) FELLIG / 6526 SELMA AVENUE / HOLLYWOOD 28, CALIFORNIA; stamp [encircled] on verso at lower right center: CREDIT PHOTO BY / WEEGEE / THE FAMOUS
Signature Signed with stamp on verso at upper left center: WEEGEE; stamp on verso at upper right center: ARTHUR (WEEGEE) FELLIG; stamp on verso at lower right center: CREDIT PHOTO BY / WEEGEE / THE FAMOUS
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