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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1985.21
People
Weegee (Arthur Fellig), American (Zloczew, Austria (now Poland) 1899 - 1968 New York, New York)
Title
Untitled (person asleep in a bar)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1939, printed later
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/284742

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet; actual: 35.4 x 27.8 cm (13 15/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
actual: 34.6 x 27.2 cm (13 5/8 x 10 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: verso, lower center, black ink, stamp: CREDIT PHOTO BY
    WEEGEE
    THE FAMOUS [circumscribed]
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: CEA 51
  • inscription: on verso: "CBH 51" and "137/490F" in graphite and artist's stamp

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Melvin R. Seiden, New York, New York. on Long Term Loan at the Fogg Art Museum from 1983 to 1985

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Melvin R. Seiden
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
P1985.21
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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