Object number1987.19.2

Tired Businessman at the Circus

Date6/28/1943

Artist Weegee (Arthur Fellig) (American b.Austria, 1899-1968)

CultureAmerican

MediumGelatin silver print, printed later

DimensionsImage: 10 1/4 x 13 in. (26 x 33 cm)
Sheet: 11 x 14 in. (28 x 35.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

Terms

MarkingsOn verso, stamped center in black ink [circled]: CREDIT PHOTO BY / WEEGEE / THE FAMOUS

Vassar Exhibitions

Naked City: Photographs from Vassar College's Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center

Exhibition HistoryNaked City: Photographs from Vassar College’s Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, FL, November 18, 2010 - January 29, 2011
DescriptionBlack and white image of a man in a white uniform with a hat reading "BEER 25¢ BEER IN BOTTLES" as he sits asleep in a chair with one hand in his pocket and one hand holding supporting his face. A young girl walks towards and looks directly at the camera in the lower right corner of the frame. She wears a light colored hat and is visible from the shoulders up.

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