Rare Authentic Photograph NYC Firemen.
Rare Authentic 11 x 14″ Silver Gelatin Photograph NYC Firemen 1960’s.
USD$1250
Verbally appraised at Swann’s Auction Galleries, New York.
http://www.swanngalleries.com
Hand written on verso of print “23rd St Fire. 12 Deal”. Print is archival mounted and framed in a mahogany coloured wood with 4 inch mat. Overall framed dimensions are 20 x 24 inches.
With stamp “World Journal Tribune. Photo by Seymour Zee”
Seymour Zee (pseudonym of Seymour Zolatorofe), which, after much research, was a news photographer who seemed inspired by the work of infamous photographer Weegee. Reference info: http://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/nyjadc/history.cfm
Weegee was the pseudonym of Arthur (Usher) Fellig (June 12, 1899 – December 26, 1968), a photographer and photojournalist, known for his stark black and white street photography. Weegee worked in Manhattan, New York City’s Lower East Side as a press photographer during the 1930s and 1940s, and he developed his signature style by following the city’s emergency services and documenting their activity.[1] Much of his work depicted unflinchingly realistic scenes of urban life, crime, injury and death.
Acquired in New York in the early 1990’s in a vintage photograph & curiosities shop off Madison Ave. in the Upper East Side.
The New York World Journal Tribune (WJT) was an evening daily newspaper published in New York City from September 1966 until May 1967. The World Journal Tribune represented an attempt to save the heritages of several historic New York City newspapers by merging the city’s three mid-market papers (the Journal-American, the World-Telegram & Sun and the Herald Tribune) together into a consolidated newspaper.
More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_World_Journal_Tribune