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Weegee
(Arthur Fellig, 1899-1968)Car wreck

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 6.6.2026

Car wreck. 1930s. Gelatin silver press print. 18 x 22,8 cm. Annotated in black ink on the verso; with “Arthur Fellig, 5 Centre Market Place, New York City” copyright stamp (partly obscured by later agency label).

In his early work of the mid– to late 1930s, Weegee repeatedly turned his camera toward the aftermath of car crashes, treating them as both news events and stark urban tableaux. Photographed with harsh flash - often at night and within minutes of the incident - these images capture twisted metal, shattered glass, and the raw immediacy of catastrophe with an almost forensic clarity.