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Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
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America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
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Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

47th Street, New York

1945

Brett Weston

Associated Names

Brett Weston

Artist, American, 1911 - 1993

This is a photograph of an urban architectural scene featuring a multi-story fire escape against brick buildings with flat roofs. The image is a top-down view of a confined urban space with the fire escape running along one of the walls. The buildings have brick facades and windows, and the fire escape descends in a zigzag pattern. The scene includes a hidden alleyway below, with signs and architectural elements.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Gift from the Christian Keesee Collection
Dimensions

image: 24.4 × 19.4 cm (9 5/8 × 7 5/8 in.)
sheet: 25.4 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8 in.)
Accession Number

2023.156.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Christian Keesee/Brett Weston Archive, Oklahoma City, OK; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Keesee, Christian

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top center in graphite: 09152.NYV40; bottom left in black ink perpendicular: 5

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