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Weegee
American (b. Poland, 1899-1968)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Tenement Penthouse
PUBLISHED TITLE: Heat Spell, May 23, 1941

May 23, 1941
gelatin silver print
37.5 x 39.8 cm.
Museum Collection
GEH NEG: 11439
81:2076:0001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Fellig, Arthur. --Naked City.-- New York: Essential Press, 1945.//
Fellig, Arthur. --Weegee by Weegee: An Autobiography.-- New York: DeCapo Press, 1975.//
Fellig, Arthur. --Weegee.-- Millerton: Aperture, 1978. p. 79.//
Barth, Miles. --Weegee's World.-- Boston: Bulfinch Press/Little, Brown & Company, 1997. p. 46.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 618.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"Photography in the Twentieth Century", Canada, ONT, Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, February 16 - April 2, 1967.//
"Language of Light: Masterworks from the Collection", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, January 25, 1991 - March 22, 1992.//

NOTES: Cataloged-L Schaaf, Fall 1982, updated 11/90, MMC. Video disc frame reference #V29030. Title is one of Weegee's captions in --Naked City--. Published title from --Weegee's World--.

SUBJECTS:
portrait, children
people, sleeping
animal, cats

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