Nude Dancing - Original 1968 Press Photograph

1968 press photograph of the Japanese performance artist overseeing a nude dance protest in Manhattan's financial district in July 1968. Press caption at the right reads: "In an altogether unexpected appearance at the foot of George Washington's statue at Federal Hall on Manhattan's Wall Street, psychedelic painter and sunbathing enthusiast Yayoi Kusama and her troupe put on a mixed show of anatomy, conga playing, and body painting 7/14. [...] When police arrived, the players dashed into their hippie robes and witnesses to the event could only smile." Creases; stamps, markings, and further caption in Spanish on the verso; overall good. 6.5 x 9 inches (16.8 x 22.9 cm). (16440)

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