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WEEGEE (1899-1968)
Lot 60

WEEGEE (1899-1968)

Cop Killer, 1941

Closed29 September 2014

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USD 18,750

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WEEGEE (1899-1968)
Cop Killer, 1941
gelatin silver print, printed 1960s
Weegee the Famous credit, Arthur Fellig/Center Market Place stamps and notation 'This guy killed a cop - pg 163 - Naked City early 1940's' in pencil (on the verso)
image: 13 5/8 x 10 5/8in. (34.6 x 27in.)
sheet: 14 x 11in. (35.5 x 27.9cm.)

Specialist note

"In the Line-Up Room. This guy killed a cop in a hold up. First he got a black eye then the electric chair in Sing Sing prison"