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WEEGEE (ARTHUR FELLIG) (American, 1899-1968) TELEVISION ANTENNAS titled

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WEEGEE (ARTHUR FELLIG) (American, 1899-1968) TELEVISION ANTENNAS titled
WEEGEE (ARTHUR FELLIG) (American, 1899-1968) TELEVISION ANTENNAS titled "Television Antenas" (sic) by Weegee in turquoise ink below image black wax pencil notations on recto stamped "PLEASE CREDIT WEEGEE FROM PHOTO-REPRESENTATIVES" on verso 2 "CREDIT PHOTO BY WEEGEE" copyright stamps on verso stamped "INTERIORS" on verso magazine inscription crediting Weegee numerical notations and stamps on verso various intended cropping notations in red pen on verso vintage gelatin silver print 7 15/16 x 6 5/16 in. (20.2 x 16 cm) 1950s PROVENANCE Property of the Suzanne and Hugh Johnston Weegee Collection (acquired directly from the artist), NEW JERSEY LITERATURE "Credit Photo by Weegee the Famous," INTERIORS, January 1958, p. 115 (illustrated) Weegee was a keen observer of progress in the world of the media. Wishing to depict the phenomenal proliferation of television antennas in an interesting new way, Weegee used one of his kaleidoscopic lens devices to create a veritable web of antennas. Coincidentally, the pattern is reminiscent of the geodesic structures that Buckminster Fuller was developing at the time. The forests of television antennas on rooftops have diminished in recent years as cable and satellite television have become more popular. Weegee's experimentation with his kaleidoscopic lens was adapted for fabric designs and in an experimental film, CINE-MIRACLE ADVENTURE, produced by Louis de Rochemont in 1958.
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