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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1996.115
People
Weegee (Arthur Fellig), American (Zloczew, Austria (now Poland) 1899 - 1968 New York, New York)
Title
Old Woman Laughing, Sammy's Bar
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1940
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/281195

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
34 x 26.8 cm (13 3/8 x 10 9/16 in.)
sheet: 35 x 27.6 cm (13 3/4 x 10 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: verso, right center, black ink: CREDIT PHOTO
    WEEGEE
    THE FAMOUS [circumscribed]
  • stamp: verso, right center, blue ink, stamp: WEEGEE
    451 WEST 47th STREET
    NEW YORK CITY, U.S.A.
    TEL: 265-1955
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: # 33 ui PF3240
  • inscription: stamped in black ink on verso, middle right: CREDIT PHOTO WEEGEE THE FAMOUS [circumscribed]; stamped in blue ink on verso, middle right: WEEGEE 451 WEST 47th STREET NEW YORK CITY, U.S.A. TEL: 265-1955; inscribed in graphite on verso, lower right: # 33ui PF3240
  • label: On mat board, removed and discarded: G.W. Einstein Company, Inc. / 591 Broadway, New York, New York 10012 212-226-1414 / Weegee / Old Woman Laughing, Sammy's Bar [underlined], c. 1940 / vintage gelatin silver print / 13 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches / "WEEGEE" stamp and "Weegee the Famous" circular stamp with numerical notations in pencil on print verso
  • label: On mat board, removed and discarded: Marcuse Pfeifer Gallery / Photography / 825 Madison Avenue, New York City 10021 (212)7372055 / Weegee / Old Woman Laughing [underlined]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
George A. Violin, Dover, Massachusetts, purchased from G.W. Einstein, gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1996.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. George A. Violin
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
P1996.115
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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