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Untitled [3 figures], 1960
Garry Winogrand (American, 1928–1984)
Gelatin silver print; 9 x 13 1/2 in. (22.9 x 34.3 cm)
Gift of Barbara and Eugene Schwartz, 1994 (1994.107)
© The Estate of Garry Winogrand, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

This is an unusual image in the oeuvre of a photographer known chiefly for a confrontational style that made instances from everyday life on the street look like snippets from a well-choreographed farce. Rather than dancing about to the rhythm of urban life, these people seem suspended for eternity as static weights in a three-dimensional balancing game predicated on their own insubstantial shadows. If Winogrand's normal mode was one of witty graphic innovation, here he probes the tragic undertones in life's dark comedy.


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  • Untitled [3 figures], 1960
    Garry Winogrand (American, 1928–1984)
    Gelatin silver print; 9 x 13 1/2 in. (22.9 x 34.3 cm)
    Gift of Barbara and Eugene Schwartz, 1994 (1994.107)
    © The Estate of Garry Winogrand, Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco