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Weegee [Arthur Fellig]
Might be a wig, but that's a pansy all right. He was in the fashion show toocirca 1940

Not on view
Sepia-toned photograph, a woman in satin skirt and dark fur stole exits a building labeled 'Harbor Precinct,' flanked by a uniformed police officer
Photographer
Weegee [Arthur Fellig]
Austria, active United States, 1899-1968
Title
Might be a wig, but that's a pansy all right. He was in the fashion show too
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1940
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 6 7/16 × 4 11/16 in. (16.35 × 11.91 cm) Primary support: 7 × 5 1/16 in. (17.78 × 12.86 cm) Secondary support: 10 × 7 11/16 in. (25.4 × 19.53 cm) Mat: 15 × 12 1/2 in. (38.1 × 31.75 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Nancy Dubois
Accession Number
M.2000.39.7
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Lora, Dominique and Troy, Nancy, et al. Fashion and Transgression. Los Angeles: Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, 2003.