The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Scrub Woman in 60 Wall Tower
c. 1940
(American, 1899–1968)
Image: 34 x 19.1 cm (13 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1993.36
© 1994 International Center of Photography, Bequest of Wilma Wilcox
Location: Not on view
Description
Noted for his nocturnal photographs of violent street scenes, here Weegee turns his attention to a touching scene of urban life: a woman mopping the floor in the foyer of a large office building. In this unusual composition for him, the photographer captured a solitary figure who is dramatically lit in the upper-left corner of the narrow, vertical image, which is almost entirely enveloped in darkness. With his direct, spontaneous style, Weegee clearly rendered his subject matter, as always capturing its expressive qualities.- Louis Stettner
- “1993 Annual Report.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 6 (July 1994): 143–218. Mentioned p. 161 www.jstor.orgCleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 371
- Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24-September 16, 2007).The Cleveland Museum of Art (6/24/07 - 9/16/07); "Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art", no exhibition catalogue.
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