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1548R

Weegee (i.e. Fellig, Arthur H.)

Złoczów near Lwiw 1899 – 1968 New York

'Lovers', Palace Theater, New York City. 1945

Posthumous gelatin silver print of the estate, 1993. 19 × 24 cm (20,3 × 25,2 cm) (7 ½ × 9 ½ in. (8 × 9 ⅞ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork:  Weegee (i.e. Fellig, Arthur H.). 'Lovers', Palace Theater, New York City. 1945.

Estimate:

EUR 500

 

- 700

Sold for:

635 EUR (incl. premium)

Timed Auctions 2026

Photography Online Only, 20. - 29. März 2026, Sunday, 29.03.2026

Information

Posthumous gelatin silver print of the estate, 1993. 19 × 24 cm (20,3 × 25,2 cm) (7 ½ × 9 ½ in. (8 × 9 ⅞ in.)). The Estate stamp: "WEEGEE [...] By permission of the Estate of Weegee / for Photographers + Friends United Against AIDS, 1993" on the reverse, therein edition note in pencil. One of 100 editioned prints.

Condition Report: In very good condition. Satin finish heavy paper. In the upper margin of the image on the left, a faint vertical crease mark, approx. 1 cm, visible only in raking light

Louis Stettner (ed.): Weegee. New York 1977, p. 156 / Centre National de la Photographie (ed.): Weegee. Paris 1985 (London 1989), pl. 22 (there titled and dated: Lovers at the movie, ca. 1940) / Exh. cat.: Arthur (Usher) Fellig alias "Weegee the Famous". Tel Aviv, Museum of Art, 1990, unpaginated / Weegee's New York. Photographien 1935-1960. München 1996, p. 227

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