Weegee

Untitled (Self portrait inside paddy wagon)
c. 1940, print date unknown

Black and white photograph of a person sitting inside a vintage armored truck, peering through a camera with a flash attachment. The truck's rear doors are open, revealing a metal grid divider, and the person is crouched behind the grid, aiming the camera towards the viewer. The interior of the truck is metallic with a spare tire mounted on the side wall.
Black and white photograph of a person sitting inside a vintage armored truck, peering through a camera with a flash attachment. The truck's rear doors are open, revealing a metal grid divider, and the person is crouched behind the grid, aiming the camera towards the viewer. The interior of the truck is metallic with a spare tire mounted on the side wall.

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Date
c. 1940, print date unknown

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16in. (25.2 × 20.2 cm) Image: 9 7/16 × 7 7/16in. (24 × 18.9 cm)

Accession number
96.90.9

Edition
Posthumous Print

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

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/10442

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