Boy Shooting "Zip" Gun in Air near Manhattan Police Headquarters, Mulberry and Mott Streets (Section Called "Little Italy"), New York City, 1948

Not on View

Medium

gelatin silver print

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.)

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

2001.67.223

Artists / Makers

Weegee (artist) American, born Ukraine (Austria), 1899 - 1968

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Inscription

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

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Smith, Joshua P.

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.