Weegee

variant of "Slum clearance project--Hell's Kitchen"
c. 1940

A black and white photograph depicting a group of uniformed police officers standing outside a building at night, with a figure lying on the ground in the foreground, seemingly in distress or injured. The scene appears to be a crime scene or an emergency situation.

A black and white photograph depicting a group of uniformed police officers standing outside a building at night, with a figure lying on the ground in the foreground, seemingly in distress or injured. The scene appears to be a crime scene or an emergency situation.

Not on view

Date
c. 1940

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 7/8in. (27.8 × 35.2 cm) Image: 10 7/16 × 13 5/16in. (26.5 × 33.8 cm)

Accession number
96.90.4

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Denise Rich

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/10437

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