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WEEGEE 1899 - 1968 ANDY WARHOL DISTORTION, C. 1965 vintage silver print with the photographer's stamp on the reverse matted and framed [tirage argentique d'époque avec le tampon du photographe au verso sous passe-partout et encadré] image: 12 7/8 x 10 1/8 in.; 32,8 x 25,6 cm sheet/feuille: 13 1/4 x 10 3/8 in.; 33,6 x 26,5 cm To view shipping calculator, please click here Calculateur des frais d'expedition sous ce lien

weegee | andy warhol distortion, c. 1965

Photographs from the Ginny Williams Collection

Weegee 1899 - 1968 Frank Sinatra, Paramount Theater ferrotyped gelatin silver print, mounted, signed in ink and the circular 'Weegee the Famous' credit stamp on the mount, the photographer’s ‘5 Center Market Place’ stamp and ‘NOT FOR PUBLICATION’ in ink on the reverse, 1944; accompanied by a Ginny Williams Collection label (2) image: 10 by 10 1/2 in. (25.4 by 26.7 cm.)

frank sinatra, paramount theater

Four Decades: In Celebration of AIPAD

Henry Feldstein, Forest Hills, NY Weegee 1899 - 1968 Summer, Lower East Side large-format gelatin silver print, the photographer's credit and ‘451 West 47th Street / New York City, U. S. A. / Tel: 265-1955’ studio stamps on the reverse, 1937, printed later image: 10 ¾ by 13 ⅝ in. (27.3 by 34.6 cm.)

summer, lower east side

Contemporary Discoveries

Art House: The Collection of Chara Schreyer

Art House: The Collection of Chara Schreyer Weegee 1899 - 1968 Audience in the Palace Theatre the photographer's credit and 'Weegee the Famous' stamps (on the reverse) ferrotyped gelatin silver print 7⅛ by 9⅛ in. 18.1 by 23.2 cm. Executed circa 1950. Please note that this lot will not be on view during the sale exhibition. It is located at our Long Island City, New York storage facility. If you would like to examine it in person before the sale please contact Montserrat Palacios at Montserrat.Palacios@sothebys.com

View 1 of Lot 118: Audience in the Palace Theatre

audience in the palace theatre

Henry Feldstein, Forest Hills, NY Weegee 1899 - 1968 Celebration at End of War ferrotyped gelatin silver print, the photographer's '451 West 47th Street' studio and 'Weegee the Famous' credit stamps on the reverse, 1945 image: 13 ¼ by 10 ⅝ in. (33.7 by 27 cm.)

celebration at end of war

Impressionist & Modern Art | New York

Works from an American Surrealist Collector

Works from an American Surrealist Collector Weegee 1899 - 1968 'Marylyn Monroe' Titled (lower center); stamped photo by Weegee (on the verso) Gelatin silver print 9 ⅜ by 9 in. (24 by 23 cm) Framed: 17 ⅝ by 19 ¼ in. (44.8 by 49 cm) Executed circa 1954.

'marylyn monroe'

Modern Discoveries

Weegee 1899 - 1968 I Cried When I Took This Picture the photographer's 451 West 47th Street stamp (on the reverse) gelatin silver print 10½ by 13⅜ in. 26.7 by 34 cm. Executed in 1939, printed later. Please note that this lot will not be on view during the sale exhibition. It is located at our Long Island City, New York storage facility. If you would like to examine it in person before the sale please contact Juliette Saylor at Juliette.Saylor@sothebys.com

View 1 of Lot 735: I Cried When I Took This Picture

i cried when i took this picture

Photographs

Weegee 1899 - 1968 Untitled (Summer, The Lower East Side, New York City) gelatin silver print, the photographer's credit, 451 West 47th Street, and 5 Center Market Place stamps on the reverse, 1937, printed later image: 10 ⅝ by 13 ⅝ in. (27 by 34.6 cm.)

View 1 of Lot 28: Untitled (Summer, The Lower East Side, New York City)

untitled (summer, the lower east side, new york city)

vintage silver printannotated in unknown hand in pencil with photographer's stamps on the reversematted image: 10 ½ x  13 ½ in. ; 26,5 34,2 cmsheet 11 x 13 7/8 in. ; 27, 8 x  35,3 cm[tirage argentique d'époqueannoté d'une main inconnue au crayon avec les tampons du photographe au versosous passe-partout]

untitled, circa 1940

the photographer's circular 'Weegee the Famous' credit stamp on the reverse, matted, framed, 1950

'dressing room at a new orleans burly-que'

mounted, signed and inscribed "To HOD" by the photographer in ink on the mount, titled in an unidentified hand in ink on the mount, matted, framed, circa 1940s

'denver, hot tamales'

a group of 3 photographs, including Dead Man, 'Anthony Esposito, Accused Cop Killer,'  and 'Frank Pape, Arrested for Homicide,'  the first ferrotyped and with the photographer's 'A. Fellig 5 Center Market Place' and date stamps on the reverse, the second and third with the photographer's credit stamps on the reverse, matted, 1937-44, the second and third printed later (Weegee's World, pp. 80-1 and 85; Naked City, pp. 163 and 166; Weegee's New York, pp. 91 and 103; Hallmark, p. 340; Masterpieces of Photography, p. 295; George Eastman House, Taschen, p. 619) (3)

selected images

a group of 3 photographs, including 'Elephant and Showgirl,'  'People Laughing in Theatre,'  and 'Duffy Square New Year's Eve,'  each with one or more of the photographer's credit stamps and the last titled by the photographer in green ink on the reverse; each matted and framed, 1940s-56 (Weegee's New York, p. 207) (3)

mounted, signed and inscribed "To HOD" by the photographer in ink and titled in an unidentified hand in ink on the mount, matted, circa 1940s

'boston, seat of culture'

Photographie

Portfolio comprising 45 silver prints, printed by Sid Kaplan in 1982. Each print with the collection blind stamp in the margin. Each respectively numbered from 1 to 45 with the edition number 6 in pencil on the reverse.

Portfolio comprising 45 silver prints, printed by Sid Kaplan in 1982. Each print with the collection blind stamp in the margin. Each respectively numbered from 1 to 45 with the edition number 6 in pencil on the reverse. Edition of 45 with 6 'Hors Series'. Introduction text by Louis Stettner and title page numbered 6 in black felt tip pen. In its grey clamshell box.

weegee portfolio, 1936-1982

devil with atomic bomb

Vintage silver print, signed in the lower margin in ball-point pen and bearing the artist's address stamp upon the reverse.

sleeping on carpets, n.d.

Vintage silver print, with the photographer's 'Please Credit Weegee from Photo Representatives' stamp upon the reverse, the negative number 3745 inscribed in pencil on the reverse in a hand probably that of Wilma Wilcox, Weegee's long term companion and archivist,

bobby soxers, 1950s 

ferrotyped, the photographer's 'Photo-Representatives' credit stamp on the reverse, matted, circa 1944, probably printed in the late 1950s (Barth, p. 161)

'dancing tonite, new gardens, times square'

Portfolio of forty-five silver prints. Each print with the Weegee collection blindstamp in the lower right margin, and 'Credit Photo by Weegee the Famous' and 'Print: Kaplan' stamps on the reverse and numbered in pencil conforming to the list of contents. With a printed title page, contents page and foreword. Cased in a grey cloth portfolio bearing a version of the 'Weegee the Famous' stamp on the cover. Ed. 2/22 + 6 Hors Serie, ed. by Louis Stettner and Wilma Wilcox.

portfolio, 1986

Silver Print, with the photographer's 'Weegee/451 W. 47 Street/New York, N.Y. 10036/212-265-1955' wetstamp on the reverse,

the critic, mrs. cavanaugh and friend about to enter the metropolitan opera house, 1943

(New York: The Weegee Collection, 1982, a projected edition of 20 numbered copies and 6 hors series sets), a portfolio of 45 photographs, each with a 'The Weegee Collection' blindstamp in the margin, numbered sequentially and '4' in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse, 1936-52, printed in 1982 by Sid Kaplan from WEEGEE's negatives; together with the printed title/colophon, foreword by Louis Stettner, and plate list.  Folio, gray pictorial cloth clamshell box, no. 4 in a projected edition of 26

'weegee portfolio'

a group of 5 photographs, comprising 'Cooler,' 'The Human Cop,' 'Accident Victim (Shock),' 'Mending, Coney Island,' and 'Concert, Greenwich Village,' the last ferrotyped, each with one or two of the photographer's credit and/or studio stamps and one with reduction notations in an unidentified hand in blue crayon on the reverse, 1940-43, probably printed in the 1940s and 50s (Weegee's New York, pp. 44, 59, 60, and 155; Naked City, pp. 69 and 176; Weegee's World, pp. 107, 113, and 141) (5)

a group of 6 photographs, including 'Stieglitz,' 'The Elephant-number in Madison Garden,' 'Cabinet Meeting,' 'In the Paddy-wagon,' 'Jackie Gleason,' and 'Choir Rehearsal,' 2 ferrotyped, one titled by the photographer in ink, each with one or more of the photographer's credit and/or studio stamps on the reverse, 1940-56, probably printed in the 1940s and 50s (Barth, pp. 89 and 242; Weegee's New York, pp. 101, 208, and 226; Naked City, pp. 174 and 232; Getty, pl. 49) (6)

the photographer's 'Photo-Representatives' and '451 West 47th Street' credit and studio stamps on the reverse, 1939, probably printed in the 1950s (Naked City, p. 74; Weegee's New York, p. 25; Barth, p. 121; Getty, pl. 4)

'i cried when i took this picture' (tenement fire)

the photographer's '5 Center Market Place' studio stamp on the reverse, 1938, probably printed in the 1940s (Naked City, p. 23; Weegee's New York, p. 193; Barth, p. 46)

'tenement penthouse' (children sleeping on the fire escape)

Tirage argentique, vers 1960. Tampons humides de l'artiste au verso.

Tirage argentique, vers 1960. Tampons humides de l'artiste au verso. Silver print, printed approx. 1960.

male singers of the metropolitan opera, 1943

Tirage argentique avec glaçage, vers 1945. Tampon humide de l'artiste au verso. Titré Naked City au crayon au verso.

Tirage argentique avec glaçage, vers 1945. Tampon humide de l'artiste au verso. Titré Naked City au crayon au verso. Vintage silver print.

from naked city, 1942

Tirage argentique, vers 1960. Tampon humide de l'artiste au verso.

Tirage argentique, vers 1960. Tampon humide de l'artiste au verso. Silver print, printed approx. 1960

nu, années 1950

Tirage argentique, vers 1960. Tampon humide de l'artiste au verso.

Tirage argentique, vers 1960. Tampon humide de l'artiste au verso. Silver print, printed later.

the critic, 1943

Tirage argentique, vers 1945. Tampon humide de l'artiste au verso.

Tirage argentique, vers 1945. Tampon humide de l'artiste au verso. Silver print, printed approx.1945.

sleeping at a bar, bowery, 1939

2 vintage silver prints, each bearing a variety of Weegee studio stamps in ink on the reverse, and one annotated by Weegee, also on the reverse.

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