New York, Scarecrow and Junk
Artist
Brett Weston
(American, 1911 - 1993)
Date1944
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 13/16 × 10 11/16 inches (32.54 × 27.15 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 11 inches (35.56 × 27.94 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 11 inches (35.56 × 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift from the Christian K. Keesee Collection
Object number2007.53.47
Signedsee inscription stamp
InscribedOn sheet verso, top center, black stamp: "This is an Original Brett Weston Photograph / Printed by The Photographer / Authenticated by The Brett Weston Archive / Authorized by: _____ / Date: _____"
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DescriptionNew York, scarecrow and junk. FG; scarecrow in from BR to CR, with right hand being held up by a stick with middle finger extended. Left hand is 'holding' a cut out picture of a pretty woman screaming. Image of black cat held up on a stick in CL, silouetted by the white sky. MG; bamboo sticks are standing on in. BG; corn growing and houses.Copyright© The Brett Weston Archive
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