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Weegee, The Critic

Weegee

American · 1899–1968 · Photographer

Arthur Fellig, known by his pseudonym Weegee, was a photographer and photojournalist, known for his stark black and white street photography in New York City. (Wikipedia)

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  1. Weegee, Coney Island, 1940, Gelatin silver print, printed late 1950sConey IslandPhillips · $35,280≈ £25,943≈ €30,514Sign up to see
  2. Weegee, Coney Island, 1940, Gelatin silver print, printed 1950sConey IslandPhillips · £24,130≈ $30,032≈ €27,787Sign up to see
  3. Weegee, Anthony Esposito, Accused 'Cop Killer,' January 16, 1941, Gelatin silver print, printed circa 1950Anthony Esposito, Accused 'Cop Killer,' January 16Phillips · $25,000≈ £20,406≈ €22,940Sign up to see

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Weegee, Coney Island, 1940, Gelatin silver print, printed late 1950s
Coney Island, 1940
Phillips · Mar 30, 2022
$20,160Sign up free to see
Weegee, Easter Sunday in Harlem, 1940, Gelatin silver print
Easter Sunday in Harlem, 1940
Phillips · Mar 30, 2022
$3,780Sign up free to see
Weegee, Coney Island, 1940, Gelatin silver print, printed late 1950s
Coney Island, 1940
Phillips · Oct 7, 2021
$35,280Sign up free to see
Weegee, In the paddy wagon, Gelatin silver print
In the paddy wagon
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · May 23, 2021
$2,250Sign up free to see
Weegee, Distortion, circa 1950
Distortion, circa 1950
Toomey & Co. · Feb 25, 2021
$1,560Sign up free to see
Weegee, Simply Add Boiling Water, 1937, Gelatin silver print
Simply Add Boiling Water, 1937
Phillips · Oct 14, 2020
$15,000Sign up free to see
Weegee, Why Don't You Wear a Toupee?, c. 1945, gelatin silver print
Why Don't You Wear a Toupee?, c. 1945
Rago Auctions · May 20, 2020
$1,500Sign up free to see
Weegee, Anthony Esposito, Accused 'Cop Killer,' January 16, 1941, Gelatin silver print, printed circa 1950
Anthony Esposito, Accused 'Cop Killer,' January 16, 1941
Phillips · Oct 1, 2019
$25,000Sign up free to see
Weegee, Drunk Tank, 1950s, Gelatin silver print
Drunk Tank, 1950s
Phillips · Oct 1, 2019
$3,750Sign up free to see
Weegee, Jail wall, New Orleans, 1950, Vintage gelatin silver print
Jail wall, New Orleans, 1950
Lempertz · May 31, 2019
€1,116Sign up free to see
Weegee, Dressing room behind the circus ring, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1944, Gelatin silver print
Dressing room behind the circus ring, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1944
Phillips · Oct 3, 2017
$11,875Sign up free to see
Weegee, Under the Third Avenue El, 1943-1945, Gelatin silver print
Under the Third Avenue El, 1943-1945
Phillips · Oct 3, 2017
$9,375Sign up free to see
Weegee, Children (school is over), circa 1940, Gelatin silver print
Children (school is over), circa 1940
Phillips · Apr 4, 2017
$6,875Sign up free to see
Weegee, Tate Gallery, 1960, vintage gelatin silver print
Tate Gallery, 1960
Wright · Jun 23, 2016
$375Sign up free to see
Weegee, Simply Add Boiling Water, 1937, Gelatin silver print, printed later
Simply Add Boiling Water, 1937
Phillips · May 19, 2016
£4,750Sign up free to see
Weegee, Ohne Titel (Knees). 1940er Jahre, Vintage. Silbergelatineabzug
Ohne Titel (Knees). 1940er Jahre
Grisebach · Jun 3, 2015
€6,250Sign up free to see
Weegee, Coney Island, 1940, gelatin silver print
Coney Island, 1940
Wright · Apr 25, 2013
$10,000Sign up free to see
Weegee, Self-portrait in Moscow, circa 1960, Gelatin silver print
Self-portrait in Moscow, circa 1960
Phillips · Apr 3, 2013
$4,750Sign up free to see
Weegee, Girls, Palace Theater, NY, 1940s, Gelatin silver print, printed later
Girls, Palace Theater, NY, 1940s
Phillips · Apr 2, 2013
$4,000Sign up free to see
Weegee, Even saved the violin, Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Even saved the violin
Lempertz · Nov 30, 2012
€1,586Sign up free to see
Weegee, Untitled (Circus), 3 vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver prints
Untitled (Circus)
Lempertz · Nov 30, 2012
€2,440Sign up free to see
Weegee, Murder in Hell's Kitchen, Ferrotyped vintage gelatin silver print
Murder in Hell's Kitchen
Lempertz · Dec 2, 2011
€3,751Sign up free to see
Weegee, The critic (Opening night at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City), Posthumous gelatin silver print, printed by Sid Kaplan ca.
The critic (Opening night at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City)
Lempertz · Dec 2, 2011
€968Sign up free to see
Weegee, Untitled, Gelatin Silver Print
Untitled
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Mar 6, 2011
$2,000Sign up free to see
Weegee, WHAT TO WEAR, OCTOBER 15, Vintage gelatin silver print
WHAT TO WEAR, OCTOBER 15
Lempertz · Jun 1, 2010
€780Sign up free to see
Weegee, HENRY GELLER WEEPS OVER LOSS OF HIS TABACCO SHOP, JULY 28, Gelatin silver print, printed 1940s or 1950s
HENRY GELLER WEEPS OVER LOSS OF HIS TABACCO SHOP, JULY 28
Lempertz · Dec 5, 2009
€1,080Sign up free to see
Weegee, MOTHER AND CHILD IN HAARLEM, Gelatin silver print, printed propably 1950s
MOTHER AND CHILD IN HAARLEM
Lempertz · May 28, 2009
€2,520Sign up free to see
Weegee, Weegee... A Self Portrait, c. 1950, vintage gelatin silver print
Weegee... A Self Portrait, c. 1950
Wright · Feb 26, 2009
$1,250Sign up free to see
Weegee, Jerry Lewis, c. 1950, vintage gelatin silver print
Jerry Lewis, c. 1950
Wright · Feb 26, 2009
$1,250Sign up free to see
Weegee, BACKSTAGE AT CASINO DE PARIS, Vintage gelatin silver print, glossy
BACKSTAGE AT CASINO DE PARIS
Lempertz · Dec 6, 2008
€840Sign up free to see
Weegee, Billie Dauscha and Mabel Sidney, Bowery Entertainers (at Sammy's on the Bowery), 1944, Gelatin silver print
Billie Dauscha and Mabel Sidney, Bowery Entertainers (at Sammy's on the Bowery), 1944
Bonhams · Oct 10, 2025
Weegee, I Cried When I took this Picture (Tenement Fire, Harlem), 1939, Gelatin silver print, printed no later than 1944
I Cried When I took this Picture (Tenement Fire, Harlem), 1939
Phillips · Apr 5, 2024
Weegee, Movie Theater, c. 1955, Ferrotyped gelatin silver print; stamped 'Photo by Weegee / Collection of / Suzanne and Hugh Johnston' on the reverse
Movie Theater, c. 1955
Bonhams · Dec 11, 2023
Weegee, Watching Fire, Empire State Building in Background, 1940s, Gelatin silver print, printed 1950s
Watching Fire, Empire State Building in Background, 1940s
Phillips · Oct 12, 2022
Weegee, Untitled (legs distortion), n.d., Gelatin silver print
Untitled (legs distortion), n.d.
Phillips · Apr 8, 2021
Weegee, Nude, 1950s, Gelatin silver print
Nude, 1950s
Phillips · Oct 14, 2020
Weegee, Man climbs 85-foot ladder to secure torch on the plastic Statue of Liberty erected at Times Square for the Sixth War Loan Drive, New York, November 30, 1944, Gelatin silver print
Man climbs 85-foot ladder to secure torch on the plastic Statue of Liberty erected at Times Square for the Sixth War Loan Drive, New York, November 30, 1944
Phillips · Oct 1, 2019
Weegee, The Critic, 1943, Gelatin silver print, printed later
The Critic, 1943
Phillips · May 19, 2016
Weegee, At Sammy's on the Bowery, 1944, Gelatin silver print
At Sammy's on the Bowery, 1944
Bonhams · Dec 14, 2015
Weegee, Invitation to the Dance (Rehearsal, Yiddish Theater), 1945, Gelatin silver print
Invitation to the Dance (Rehearsal, Yiddish Theater), 1945
Bonhams · Dec 14, 2015
Weegee, Billie Dauscha and Mabel Sidney, Bowery Entertainers, 1944, Gelatin silver print
Billie Dauscha and Mabel Sidney, Bowery Entertainers, 1944
Bonhams · Dec 14, 2015
Weegee, On Top of the Empire State Building, c. 1942, Ferrotyped gelatin silver print
On Top of the Empire State Building, c. 1942
Bonhams · Dec 14, 2015
Weegee, Murder in Hell's Kitchen, circa 1940, Gelatin silver print, printed 1950s
Murder in Hell's Kitchen, circa 1940
Phillips · Oct 1, 2013

Works in museum collections

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Weegee, The Critic
The Critic1943
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