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The Critic, 1943
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WEEGEE (1899–1968)
The Critic, 1943
gelatin silver print
stamped photographer's 'CREDIT PHOTO BY/ WEEGEE/ THE FAMOUS' in black ink (verso)
image: 10 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. (26.7 x 34 cm.)
sheet: 11 x 14 in. (28 x 35.7 cm.)
The Critic, 1943
gelatin silver print
stamped photographer's 'CREDIT PHOTO BY/ WEEGEE/ THE FAMOUS' in black ink (verso)
image: 10 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. (26.7 x 34 cm.)
sheet: 11 x 14 in. (28 x 35.7 cm.)
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, April 14, 1992, lot 375;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Beaumont Newhall, The History of Photography from 1839 to the present day, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1964, p. 183.
Weegee, Naked City, Da Capo Press, New York, 1973, pp. 130–131.
Weegee, 'The Aperture History of Photographs Series', Aperture, New York, 1978, cover.
Exhibition catalogue, The Art of Photography 1839–1989, The Royal Academy of the Arts, London, 1989, pl. 315 (variant).
Miles Barth (ed.), Weegee’s World, International Center of Photography/Little, Brown and Company, Boston, New York, Toronto, London, 1997, p. 27 (variant).
Judith Keller et al., Weegee: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Publications, Los Angeles, 2005, p. 53 (variant).
Weegee, Naked City, Da Capo Press, New York, 1973, pp. 130–131.
Weegee, 'The Aperture History of Photographs Series', Aperture, New York, 1978, cover.
Exhibition catalogue, The Art of Photography 1839–1989, The Royal Academy of the Arts, London, 1989, pl. 315 (variant).
Miles Barth (ed.), Weegee’s World, International Center of Photography/Little, Brown and Company, Boston, New York, Toronto, London, 1997, p. 27 (variant).
Judith Keller et al., Weegee: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Publications, Los Angeles, 2005, p. 53 (variant).
Exhibited
Ithaca, New York, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, An American Portrait: Photographs from the Collection of Diann and Thomas Mann, April 1–June 12, 1994, no. 20.