March 22, 1943
2009.289
Not currently on view
9-7/8 x 13-3/8 in.
stamped, verso, u.c.: CREDIT PHOTO BY WEEGEE THE FAMOUS stamped verso, u.r..: ARTHUR FELLIG/5 CENTER MARKET PLACE/NEW YORK CITY stamped verso, c.: PLEASE CREDIT/WEEGEE/FROM/PHOTO-REPRESENTATIVES inscribed in pencil, verso, c.l.: G. Vil./5552
Caroline Marmon Fesler Fund, Gift of the Alliance of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Roger G. Wolcott Fund, Nancy Foxwell Neuberger Acquisition Endowment Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P. Van Vorhees Art Fund, Cecil F. Head Art Fund, James V. Sweetser Fund
Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Wilma Wilcox, New York, New York [1903-1993]; Acquired by her niece, Mary Ellen Kessler, Indianapolis in 1993. Purchased by (Steve H. Nowlin, Indianapolis) in 2003. Purchased by Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2009.
Weegee photographed the crushing crowd at Kaltman’s dairy store on the Lower East Side on March 22, 1943, rushing to buy butter, lard and cooking oil before midnight when sales were to be suspended by the Office of Price Administration to limit consumption in this second year of World War II.
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Indianapolis Museum of Art
April 17, 2010 - January 23, 2011
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