Boy Shooting "Zip" Gun in Air near Manhattan Police Headquarters, Mulberry and Mott Streets (Section Called "Little Italy"), New York City

1948

Weegee

Associated Names
Weegee

Artist, American, born Ukraine (Austria), 1899 - 1968

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 33.8 x 27.3 cm (13 5/16 x 10 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 35.5 x 28.6 cm (14 x 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.67.223

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joshua P. Smith, Washington, DC; NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2010

  • Street Seen: The Psychological Gesture in American Photography, 1940-59, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, 2010, no. 102.

Bibliography

2009

  • Street Seen: The Psychological Gesture in American Photography, 1940-59. Exh. cat., Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee. Milwaukee, WI: Milwaukee Art Museum, 2009: no. 102.

Inscriptions

upper left verso: artist's copyright stamp; center verso in graphite: Boy shooting "zip" gun / in air near Manhattan police headquarters / Mulberry & Mott Sts. (Section called / "Little Italy") / N.Y.C. / (1948) / CREDIT: WEEGEE; lower left verso: artist's stamp

Wikidata ID

Q64170487

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