WEEGEE "WELCOME TO THE RENT PARTY" 1950 Jenny Holzer photograph Caviar20 and aesthetic properties

and aesthetic properties

For the artist national identity is often connected to sport and leisure

punctuated by textured ink on the rest of the plate

similarly embraced stripes

Provenance: The Art Institute of Chicago

WEEGEE "WELCOME TO THE RENT PARTY" 1950 Jenny Holzer photograph Caviar20 and aesthetic propertiesThe inimitable and notorious photographer known as Weegee, (aka. Arthur Fellig) exposed the scope of New Yorks nightlife; whether it was celebrating high culture or low life revellers. Throughout his career Weegee was a true nightcrawler whether he was pursuing early hour crimes and disasters or hitting up parties that rocked till dawn. In the mid 50s, the artist focused on the bohemian student area around Washington Square known as the Village. In