Wayne Newton with personal aide and body guard, Mitch Greenberg

Neil Selkirk, artist

born 1947

Wayne Newton with personal aide and body guard, Mitch Greenberg, 1973

Portfolio/Series title: published in Esquire magazine, December 1973

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: gelatin silver print

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 26.5 x 26 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 10 7/16 x 10 1/4 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 20 x 16 in

Credit line: Gift of Esquire, Inc.

Accession number: 1980.0331

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The word "aide" was incorrectly transcribed as "awe" in the title of this photograph for many years in the Spencer's records. Perhaps due to the intensity of Wayne Newton’s “personal awe,” Esquire magazine reported in 1973 that the singer employed the services of Mitch Greenberg to occasionally stand in as a decoy to protect the star from crowds and murder threats.
Kate Meyer, Curatorial Assistant in Prints and Drawings

Exhibition Label:
"xy," Jun-2009, Kris Ercums
The word "aide" was incorrectly transcribed as "awe" in the title of this photograph for many years in the Spencer's records. Perhaps due to the intensity of Wayne Newton’s “personal awe,” Esquire magazine reported in 1973 that the singer employed the services of Mitch Greenberg to occasionally stand in as a decoy to protect the star from crowds and murder threats.
Kate Meyer, Curatorial Assistant in Prints and Drawings