Lot #876: WEEGEE [arthur h. fellig] - Children Sleeping on a Fire Escape - Original vintage photogravure

 

Artist: Weegee [arthur h. fellig] (Ukranian/American, 1899-1968).
Title: "Children Sleeping on a Fire Escape".
Medium: Original vintage photogravure.
Date: Composed 1938/1941. Printed 1945.
Dimensions: Image size: 8 7/8 x 6 3/16 in. (225 x 157 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $400
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $600/700
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board.
Comment(s): This image is also known as 'Heat Spell, Children Sleeping on the Fire Escape, the Lower East Side' and 'Tenement Penthouse'. Image copyright © International Center of Photography. [25983-1-400-NA]