WEEGEE "JAYNE MANSFIELD DISTORTION", c. 1960 Black and White Photograph Weegee 5”H 20”W

5”H 20”W

and the McMichael Gallery

It comes directly from the artist's estate and has not been exhibited or available commercially for several decades

and Vladimir Lenin

the Israel Museum and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts to mention a few

WEEGEE "JAYNE MANSFIELD DISTORTION", c. 1960 Black and White Photograph Weegee 5”H 20”WArthur Felling, better known as Weegee (1899 1968) was a highly successful (and notorious) photojournalist artist. In addition to contributing an enormous number of images to various American newspapers, he would become famous, beyond New York and news circles, after the publication of Naked City (1945) and Weegee's People (1946). Weegee's images of New York City crime, mishaps and tragedy are iconic and influential. Less well known, however, is the