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Artist/Maker
Weegee [Arthur H. Fellig]
(American, born Austria, 1899 - 1968)
Datec. 1967
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsComposition: 10 × 10 in. (25.4 × 25.4 cm)
Sheet: 14 in. × 11 1/8 in. (35.6 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Barry H. Garfinkel, P1978, '80
Object number1982.21
Not on view
DescriptionNaked young women, some with poka-dots painted on them, dance in front of a rock band, during a performance art event, or "happening," called Body Festival 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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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 right: ARTHUR (WEEGEE) FELLIG / 6526 SELMA AVENUE / HOLLYWOOD 28, CALIFORNIA; stamp on verso at center right [sideways]: WEEGEE 451 WEST 47th STREET / NEW YORK CITY, U.S.A / TEL: 265-1955; stamp on verso at lower right [upside down]: CREDIT PHOTO BY / WEEGEE / THE FAMOUS
Signature
Signed with stamp on verso at upper right: ARTHUR (WEEGEE) FELLIG / 6526 SELMA AVENUE / HOLLYWOOD 28, CALIFORNIA; with stamp on verso at center right [sideways]: WEEGEE 451 WEST 47th STREET / NEW YORK CITY, U.S.A / TEL: 265-1955; with stamp on verso at lower right [upside down]: CREDIT PHOTO BY / WEEGEE / THE FAMOUS
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