Artist Monograph

Weegee (Arthur Fellig), American

American, born Zloczow, Austria-Hungary (now Zolochiv, Ukraine). 1899–1968

Production by Decade

1930s

1940s

1950s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	12%
Medium (30–100 cm)	22	88%

Range: 23.8 cm → 35.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1943	5
1964	2
1978	1
1981	1
1982	7
1988	1
1992	1
1993	1
1997	1
2001	1
2010	1
2016	3

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 25 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Tenement Fire Photograph Acc. 96.1943	December 14, 1939	Gelatin silver print	10 3/4 × 13 1/4" (27.3 × 33.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Photography Purchase Fund
The Gay Deceiver Photograph Acc. 539.2016	c. 1939	Gelatin silver print	13 × 10 1/4" (33 × 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
Coney Island Photograph Acc. 344.1982	July 22, 1940	Gelatin silver print	10 5/16 × 13 11/16" (26.2 × 34.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Self Portrait in Police Van Photograph Acc. 101.1993	c. 1940	Gelatin silver print	12 9/16 × 8 15/16" (32 × 22.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Booked on Suspicion of Killing a Policeman Photograph Acc. 788.1978	January 1941	Gelatin silver print	13 9/16 × 10 5/8" (34.5 × 27 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Brooklyn School Children See Gambler Murdered in Street Photograph Acc. 193.1964	1941	Gelatin silver print	10 5/16 × 13 3/16" (26.2 × 33.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Sara Mazo
Captured Burglar Photograph Acc. 518.1992	1941	Gelatin silver print	10 1/2 × 13 1/8" (26.7 × 33.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Harold Horn, Knocked Over Milk Wagon with Stolen Car Photograph Acc. 342.1982	1941	Gelatin silver print	10 1/2 × 14 1/16" (26.7 × 35.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Harry Maxwell Shot in Car Photograph Acc. 352.1981	1941	Gelatin silver print	13 7/16 × 10 1/2" (34.2 × 26.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
My Man Photograph Acc. 95.1943	1941	Gelatin silver print	10 5/8 × 13 1/4" (27 × 33.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Street Accident Photograph Acc. 698.1943	1941	Gelatin silver print	10 1/4 × 12 3/16" (26.1 × 31 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Charles Sodokoff and Arthur Webber Use Their Top Hats to Hide Their Faces Photograph Acc. 338.1982	1942	Gelatin silver print	10 5/16 × 13 3/16" (26.2 × 33.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Family of Man Fund
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Photograph Acc. 339.1982	c. 1942	Gelatin silver print	10 9/16 × 13 5/16" (26.8 × 33.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Family of Man Fund
Saloon Brawl Photograph Acc. 697.1943	1942	Gelatin silver print	13 3/8 × 10 5/8" (34 × 27 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Thomas E. Dewey and Photographers Photograph Acc. 344.1997	1942	Gelatin silver print	8 3/4 × 10 9/16" (22.3 × 26.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Mr. and Mrs. Clark Winter Fund
Time is Short Photograph Acc. 343.1982	1942	Gelatin silver print	10 9/16 × 13" (26.8 × 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Refugees from a Tenement Fire Photograph Acc. 340.1982	c. 1943	Gelatin silver print	10 1/2 × 13 5/16" (26.7 × 33.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Family of Man Fund
The Critic Photograph Acc. 540.2016	1943	Gelatin silver print	10 5/8 × 13 3/8" (27 × 34 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
The Critic Photograph Acc. 341.1982	1943	Gelatin silver print	10 3/8 × 12 15/16" (26.4 × 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Woman Shot from Cannon, New York Photograph Acc. 192.1964	1943	Gelatin silver print	13 3/8 × 10 11/16" (34 × 27.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Sara Mazo
Woman Shot from Cannon, New York Photograph Acc. 696.1943	1943	Gelatin silver print	13 7/16 × 10 11/16" (34.1 × 27.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Frank Pape, Arrested for Homicide, November 10, 1944 Photograph Acc. 1898.2001	November 10, 1944	Gelatin silver print	9 3/8 × 7 9/16" (23.8 × 19.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Max Yavno and Nihon Keizai Shimbun, by exchange
Untitled (Upper West Side, New York) Photograph Acc. 541.2016	c. 1945	Gelatin silver print	10 7/16 × 13 7/16" (26.5 × 34.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
Victory Celebration Photograph Acc. 112.1988	1945	Gelatin silver print	10 3/4 × 13 15/16" (27.3 × 35.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of John Coplans
Movie Theater Distortion Photograph Acc. 380.2010	c. 1950	Gelatin silver print	7 15/16 × 9 15/16" (20.2 × 25.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of the Peter Norton Family Foundation