Weegee
(1899-1968)
Selected images, c. 1940s-1950s
(1899-1968)
Selected images, c. 1940s-1950s
Sale 1131 - Photographs
Dec 6, 2022
1:00PM CT
Live / Chicago
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$10,000 -
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$10,000
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Lot Description
Weegee
(1899-1968)
Selected images, c. 1940s-1950s
(1899-1968)
Selected images, c. 1940s-1950s
8 gelatin silver prints, printed c. 1950-1960s, one with 'Weegee from Photo-Representatives' and 7 with '451 West 47th Street' credit stamps on the verso.
image: varying sizes from 12 x 9 1/4in. (30.5 x 23.5cm.) to 8 1/8 x 7 3/8in. (15.5 x 18.7cm.)
sheet: 14 x 11in. (35.5 x 28cm.) to 10 x 8in. (25.3 x 20.2cm.)
This lot is located in Chicago.
Images:
Lovers with 3-D glasses at Palace Theater, 1943;
Crowd at Coney Island, 1940; Marilyn Monroe, c. 1952; Tenement Fire, Harlem (Mrs. Henrietta Torres and her Daughter Ada watch as another daughter and her son die in fire,) 1939; Mending, Coney Island (First Aid for Ripped Slacks), 1941; Firefighter, 1940s; and Distortion, c. 1955 (2)
Literature:
Barth, Weegee's World, ICP, 1997, pp. 121, 140, 141, 227, 249 (Harlem Fire, Coney Island, 4th July, Mending, Lovers, Palace Theater, and Marilyn Monroe reproduced respectively)
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