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
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Markings
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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Credit Line for Reproduction
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.
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