Weegee (American, 1899–1968)

LOT ID: 69840

Self-portrait on the Set of Journey into Light with Ludwig Donath, Viveca Lindfors, and Sterling Hayden (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1951

Silver Print, Ferrotyped gelatin silver print

8 х 10 in. cm.

Stamped

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This lot is a set of 3 works.

1) Self-portrait on the Set of Journey into Light with Ludwig Donath, Viveca Lindfors, and Sterling Hayden, 1951. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm). "ARTHUR (WEEGEE) FELLIG, 6526 SELMA AVENUE,HOLLYWOOD 28, CALIORNIA" stamped on verso. Inscribed/signed on recto in lower margin: Weegee (with an arrow pointing). Typed label cellophane taped to verso: I GOT INTO THE ACT AS STILL PHOTO WAS TAKEN OF MOVIE / I WORKED ON... LEFT TO RIGHT LUDWIG DONATH.....VIVECA LINDSFOR [sic]......WEEGEE.... STERLING HAYDEN...

2) Hats and Coats at a Hollywood Party, c. 1950. Ferrotyped gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm). "Please Credit Weegee From Photo-Representatives" stamped on verso.

3) Hollywood Celebrity Fan, 1941. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print, 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm). "Please Credit WEEGEE from Photo-Representatives" stamped on verso; "Coney Island Boardwalk 1941" hand-written in pencil on verso.

Arthur Felig, known professionally as Weegee (1899 - 1968), so named for the phonetic rendering of the psychic board game Ouija, was New York’s foremost freelance crime and tabloid photographer of the mid 20th Century. Weegee claimed to have psychic powers that allowed him to predict crimes before they happened. Weegee would sleep fully clothed with a police radio switched on at his bedside. His camera, typewriter, and even the equipment of a complete darkroom were stowed in the trunk of his car, allowing him to bring photographs and a finished story to his editors with uncanny speed. His best known photographs are those documenting street life in New York City with a candid and unflinching vision. Weegee participated in several museum exhibitions including a photography show at the Museum of Modern Art in 1943, and had a celebrated book of photographs, ‘Naked City’, published in 1945. Weegee’s works were featured at a 2006 exhibition ‘Unknown Weegee’ at the International Center of Photography.

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