Girl Shot From Cannon
Artist
Weegee
(American, born Poland, 1899 - 1968)
Dateca. 1940
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 3/8 x 7 7/8 inches (23.81 x 20 cm)
Framed: 19 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches (48.9 x 41.28 cm)
Framed: 19 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches (48.9 x 41.28 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4461
InscribedTitled
"Girl shot from cannon"
Front of Print
handwritten
Artist's Stamp
"Credit Photo by / Weegee / The Famous"
Back of Print
Description: Circular stamp
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Terms
Working as a freelance news photographer in New York City, Arthur Fellig earned the nickname Weegee (after the Ouija board) for his uncanny ability to sense newsworthy happenings and to be the first on the scene. With a vision that is by turns sentimental, cynical and voyeuristic, Weegee recorded urban life as a grand human comedy. Characteristic of his unerring sense of the moment, this image of a woman being shot out of a cannon documents a famous circus act of the day with exuberant absurdity.
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