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WEEGEE (1899–1968)
'American Girl’, c. 1953
gelatin silver print
titled in ink (margin); stamped photographer's 'CREDIT PHOTO BY WEEGEE' and 'PHOTO-REPRESENTATIVES' credits in blue ink and numbered '1862' in pencil (verso)
image: 7 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. (19 x 19.3 cm.)
sheet: 7 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. (19.6 x 19.9 cm.)

Provenance
Acquired from Wilma Wilcox, longtime companion to the artist, New York, 1980s;
by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Weegee and Mel Harris, Naked Hollywood, Pellegrini & Cudahy, New York, 1953, n.p. (as Busy hostess)
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