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Mitchell Funk
Angel to the Rescue. Near Death Drug Overdose - Lower East Side

2023

$5,500
£4,135.56
€4,802.38
CA$7,680.63
A$8,518.39
CHF 4,473.44
MX$104,611.91
NOK 56,629.53
SEK 53,402.40
DKK 35,831.07
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A disheveled young man lies passed out on Ludlow Street in New York City's Lower East Side. As if he was invisible, herds of pedestrians shuffle by. An angel benevolently comes to his assistance. We see her dialing 911. She is in white pants with a black top. Within minutes NYC Fire and Rescue comes and administer a high dose of Narcan. The prostrate man miraculously pops up and then walks away. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk captures a moment of destiny and the action of a hero. The disheveled man is surrounded by people but also by emptiness. Funk composes the image so that an uninterrupted channel of space exists upward around the man. Suggesting in graphic terms, this could have been the man's path to a celestial domain. Signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower right recto. Other sizes are available and the fine art photograph is unframed and printed later. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography" In 1970 he participated in one the first " Color Photography" shows at a major museum. Brooklyn Museum, show "Images en Couleur" . 1971 Included he was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time Life. Color ! American Photography Transformed. Amon Carter Museum. He has had more than 50 Photography Magazine Covers and has had covers on Newsweek, Fortune, New York Magazine and Life Magazine among others
  • Creator:
    Mitchell Funk (1950, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2023
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 29 in (73.66 cm)Width: 43 in (109.22 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
  • More Editions & Sizes:
    14 x 21 ed. 3/15Price: $2,00040 x 60 ed. 2/15 - Price: $6,500
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  • Gallery Location:
    Miami, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU385313676972

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