WEEGEE

Maquette page for Weegee's Creative Photography Volume II, circa 1965

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WEEGEE
Maquette page for Weegee's Creative Photography Volume II, circa 1965
4 gelatin silver prints, mounted together
one titled in ink (in the margin); two with 'Photo Representatives' credit stamps (on the verso); titled 'Bar Gal' and annotated 'Open House', 'and one for the road' in ink (on the mount); titled 'Judges at Fun City Court' and annotated 'Honey Hire Yourself a Smart Lawyer', 'Now...About That Overtime Parking' in ink (on the reverse of the mount)
each print various sizes from 6 5/8 x 5 5/8in. (16.8 x 14.3cm.) to 9¼ x 7 5/8in. (23 x 19.3cm.); overall 18 x 12in. (45.8 x 30.5cm.)

Provenance

From Wilma Wilcox;
to the present owner

Literature

Da Capo, Weegee's World, cover and n.p., for a variant

Sale room notice

Please note that the title of the book featuring a variant of the illustrated image on the cover is Weegee's People, not Weegee's World, as stated.

Lot Essay

In 1964 Weegee's Creative Photography was published through Ward, Lock, and Co. in London. Soon after, Weegee began creating the layout for Volume II but unfortunately became too ill to finish the book. The four prints date from the mid 1940s through the 1950s and were printed prior to 1955.

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