Weegee
(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)

Lovers in 3-D Glasses, printed 1950s (with 'Weegee from Photo-representatives' stamp:)
Neutral toned print on glossy, ferrotyped, midweight paper with margins. Missing upper right hand corner; few minor scratches, small dings and tiny crimps, typical of this kind of paper weight and coating - all visible in a raking light, under close inspection or not affecting image significantly. A classic image in good condition overall.
Remaining images, all printed after 1963 and with '451 West 47th Street, New York' stamp;)
Each a neutral toned print on semigloss, doubleweight paper with margins. Few minor handling crimps, traces of oxidation, specks of retouching; tiny fissures, bumped corners etc. on the surface of the print/ in the margins, through group, all visible in a raking light only or not affecting the image significantly. Wonderful images, in very good condition overall. All 8 photographs sold framed.

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Laura Paterson

Director, Senior Specialist, Photographs

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Ms. Paterson joined Hindman in 2022 and is a nearly 30-year veteran of the photography industry. She began her career in the Photographs Department at Christie’s in New York, and spent 20 years at the auction house becoming a Senior Specialist. Subsequently, she worked at Magnum Photos New York (a prestigious photojournalism collective founded by Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson in 1947) as US Cultural and Print Sales Director and Bonhams as Head of the Photographs Department. Ms. Paterson has extensive knowledge of photography from the 18th to 21st centuries, with a particular interest in works of the American West by Carleton Watkins and Ansel Adams.

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Weegee
(1899-1968)
Selected images, c. 1940s-1950s