Memory Rendering of Kiss at Times Square

1989, printed 1995

Vik Muniz

Associated Names
Vik Muniz

Artist, American, born Brazil, 1961

The image shows two individuals engaged in an embrace. The man, dressed in a dark naval uniform with a white sailor's cap, leans forward, supporting the woman with one arm around her waist and the other around her shoulders. The woman is wearing a light-colored dress, stockings, and shoes, as she leans back slightly in the man's embrace. She has curly hair partially covered by a nurse's cap, and her head is tilted to one side. The background appears to be an urban setting, with blurred outlines of buildings and a crowd of people.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Tony Podesta Collection, Washington, DC

  • Dimensions

    image: 26 × 17.4 cm (10 1/4 × 6 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 35.5 × 27.7 cm (14 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.106.3.7

  • Portfolio Title

    The Best of LIFE

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 12 November 2009, lot 309); The Collection of Martin Z. Margulies, Miami; (Stux Gallery, New York); (sale, Phillips, New York, 4 April 2017, lot 316); Tony Podesta, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2021.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower center below image in graphite: Memory rendering of kiss at Times Square. / From the Best of LIFE portfolio Vik Muniz 1989/1995 5/10

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