Title from caption on object: “The Eyes Have It”

1952

Weegee

Associated Names
Weegee

Artist, American, born Ukraine (Austria), 1899 - 1968

United Press Association

Publisher

This is a photograph of a boxing match with a motion effect. The image captures a boxer landing a punch on his opponent in a sequence of staggered positions, set in a boxing ring with a dark background and a few ceiling lights. The boxer in focus wears light shorts, while his opponent is shown in dark shorts with a repeated motion effect. Spectators and photographers can be seen in the background, partially obstructed by the ropes of the ring.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.5 × 21.7 cm (6 1/2 × 8 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 17.3 × 22.9 cm (6 13/16 × 9 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.592

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, RMY Auctions, Wilder, ID); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

retouching across recto in grey paint; on verso, center United Press copyright stamp in black ink inverted; center printed in purple ink on applied paper: FOR RELEASE: MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1953 / 1021754.............NEW YORK BUREAU / THE EYES HAVE IT / NEW YORK: YOU NEEDN'T RUN TO THE NEAREST / OPTOMITRIST [sic]...THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH / YOUR EYES. IT'S JUST PHOTOGRAPHER WEEGEE'S / WAY OF PREVIEWING THE FORTHCOMING JOE [underlined in graphite] / WALCOTT-ROCKY MARCIANO [underlined in graphite] HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE / FIGHT WHICH WILL BE FILMED FOR THE FIRST TIME / IN THREE-DIMENSION MOVIES. WEEGEE USES HIS / SPECIAL "ELASTIC" LENS TO PRODUCE THIS / FANTASY. / NY 1-2-3-S&S MX EUR7 BA CAR JAP / CREDIT (UNITED PRESS PHOTO) 3/7/53 (EH); by unknown hand, center right in graphite perpendicular: C1534; bottom right stamped in red ink: [illegible] PRESS / MAR 11 1953 / REFERENCE DEPT.

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