Fireman and Tenement Owner

Arthur Fellig American, 1899 - 1968
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About the Artwork

Fireman and Tenement Owner

1946

Arthur Fellig

1899 - 1968

American

Unknown

Gelatin silver print

Image: 14 × 11 1/4 inches (35.6 × 28.6 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Founders Society Purchase, Michigan Council for the Arts Fund

74.112

Copyright not assessed, please contact [email protected].

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Inscribed in pencil, on verso: Landlord hysterical over the property damage to | his 3-story tenement. Fire started early Sunday morning in candy | store in building. | (Porter in basement burned to death) | Fireman tries to calm landlord. | East Side N.Y.C. | 1946

Stamped, in purple,on sheet, right center, verso: Credit Photo | WEEGEE | The Famous Stamped, in black, on sheet, center, verso: Please Credit | WEEGEE | from | Photo-Representatives [upside down]

Provenance

(Halsted Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA)

1974-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Arthur Fellig, Fireman and Tenement Owner, 1946, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Michigan Council for the Arts Fund, 74.112.

Fireman and Tenement Owner
Fireman and Tenement Owner