EXHIBITION POSTER FOR WEEGEE

WEEGEE. Exhibition poster: WEEGEE. [Tucson]: University of Arizona, 1975. Single newsprint sheet measuring 12 by 17 inches. $450.

Original photographic poster announcing the University of Arizona’s exhibit of Weegee’s “strong and true photographs.”

Weegee, born Arthur Fellig, immigrated to the United States in 1910 and taught himself photography, becoming a tabloid-news photographer for the Daily News, The Herald Tribune, and The Post. Known for his gritty, confrontational photos of the demi-monde in his Naked City (1945), Weegee “captured urban legend and the New York City underworld, while remaining a modern master of the art of photography” (Miles Barth).

Faint fold-lines. Fine condition.