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Weegee
American (b. Poland, 1899-1968)

PUBLISHED TITLE: Booked on suspicion of killing a policeman
PUBLISHED TITLE: Anthony Esposito, Accused "Cop Killer" January 16, 1941

ca. 1939
gelatin silver print
34.5 x 27.0 cm.
Museum Purchase: Intrepid Fund
GEH NEG: 34577
84:0157:0003

NON-GEH NUMBERS: 6250.80 / 4900.680
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Fellig, Arthur. --Naked City.-- New York: Essential Press, 1945. unp.//
Sobieszek, Robert A. --Masterpieces of Photography from the George Eastman House Collections.-- New York: Abbeville Press, 1985. p. 295.//
Barth, Miles. --Weegee's World.-- Boston: Bulfinch Press/Little, Brown & Company, 1997. p. 80-81.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 619.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"Images of Excellence", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, January 1 - April 26, 1987. (Traveled).//
"Masterpieces of the Art of Photography", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - North Gallery, January 3 - December 31, 1989.//
"Through The Lens", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - North Gallery, June 22, 1996 -.//

INSCRIPTION: verso-(rubberstamped) "WEEGEE 451 West 47th Street, New York City, U.S.A. TEL: 265-1955" "Please credit WEEGEE From Photo-Represent- atives" (rubberstamped in red ink) "Arthur (Weegee) Fellig 6526 Selma Avenue Hollywood 28 California" (handwritten in pencil) "6250.80" "4900.680" "800"

NOTES: Cataloged 5/84, DZ, updated 3/85, PB. "Gunman Doesn't Want His Picture Taken. For the first time since Bruno Richard Hauptman, police today permitted photographers in the line-up room at headquarters. The subject was Anthony Esposito, under indictment with his brother William, for the murder of a business man and a policeman in Tuesday's tragic Battle of Fifth Ave. The detectives, manacled to Esposito, didn't want their names or pictures in the papers. They obliged by turning around, holding the gunman by head and arm so he couldn't duck. The yardstick is on the line-up platform, where Esposito had stood, refusing to answer questions. 'He looked like a stubborn surly, snarling animal,' Weegee reported. 'He stumbled and sagged over to one side like a drunk.'" [--Weegee's World--, p. 258. Published title and date from --Weegee's World--. Published title from --Masterpieces--.

SUBJECTS:
people, under arrest
portrait, criminal

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