Geometric Evelyn.

Geometric Evelyn.

by Sergio Gómez @geometric_art_by_mak

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(Automatically translated from Spanish)

On May 1, 1947, Evelyn McHale got up at seven in the morning, took a train, and upon arriving in New York went to a hotel called Governor Clinton where she wrote her suicide note. Then, she bought a ticket to go up to the skyscraper's observation deck, folded her coat neatly, and jumped from the eighty-sixth floor.

A police officer, John Morrissey, directing traffic between Thirty-fourth Street and Fifth Avenue, saw a white scarf majestically descend from the upper floors of the building. Moments later, he heard a brutal impact and saw a crowd on 34th Street. Evelyn had landed on the roof of a United Nations General Assembly Cadillac limousine parked on 34th Street, about 200 meters west of Fifth Avenue. Her left hand caressed her necklace while her legs remained crossed, in a princess pose, waiting for the kiss that would bring her back to life.

A photography student named Robert C. Wiles heard the impact, went outside, and took the snapshot. It was published on the cover of Life magazine on May 12, 1947.

In 1963, Andy Warhol made a painting with the image, titling it 1947-White.

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