Untitled, c.1940s © Weegee / International Center of Photography, courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery
Expositions du 16/2/2017 au 1/4/2017 Terminé
Howard Greenberg Gallery 41 East 57th Street Suite 1406 New York New York États-Unis
Press Release - WEEGEE, an exhibition of work by the iconic photographer, will be on view at Howard Greenberg Gallery from February 16 – April 1, 2017. Focusing predominantly on his most prolific decade, the 1940s, the exhibition presents more than 40 images including rare work as well as a number of prints that solidified his extraordinary legacy. An opening exhibition will be held on Thursday, February 16 from 6-8 p.m.Howard Greenberg Gallery 41 East 57th Street Suite 1406 New York New York États-Unis
Weegee Getting a Mug Shot at Station House, New York, c.1936
Gelatin silver print, 10 3/8 x 13 1/4 inches
© Weegee / International Center of Photography, courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery
Among the highlights in the exhibition will be a 1936 self portrait of Weegee getting his own mug shot at a police station. A series of portraits of people looking up in the sky from 1945 depicts children, a police officer, a man with a telescope, and a nun all watching a fire. A 1943 image entitled The Critic, depicts a disdainful onlooker checking out two ornately dressed women on their way to the opera. A touching photograph from c. 1944 shows two animal caretakers sleeping next to a pen with two giraffes at Madison Square Garden.