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

1948

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

    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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