Sold for $1,512

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Lot Description

Weegee (Arthur Fellig, 1899-1968)
Mother and Child in Harlem, 1939

Gelatin silver print, printed before 1968, inscribed 'Printed by Weegee from original negative for...' and dated '7/20/81' by Louis Stettner in pencil and '451 West 47th Street' stamp on the verso.

image: 13 x 10 5/8in. (33 x 27cm.); sheet: 14 x 11in. (35.5 x 28cm.)

Provenance:
Phillips New York, January 31, 2000, lot 139

Sure. I’d like to live regular. Go home to a good-looking wife, a hot dinner, and a husky kid. But I guess I got film in my blood. I love this racket. It’s exciting. It’s dangerous. It’s funny. It’s tough. It’s heartbreaking.
WEEGEE

Condition Report

Neutral toned print on semi-gloss, double-weight paper with margins (very narrow left hand edge); corners worn with minor losses, not affecting the image; tiny ding, upper left corner, just into image, visible under closest inspection only. A beautiful print of Weegee's classic shot, in very good condition overall. Sold framed.

Frame dimensions: 20 3/4 x 16 3/4in. (glass)

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