New York

c. 1942

Helen Levitt

Artist, American, 1913 - 2009

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.2 x 23.5 cm (6 3/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 27.7 x 35.5 cm (10 7/8 x 14 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.36.96

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; NGA purchase, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • The First Century of Photography: New Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

Bibliography

1981

  • Levitt, Helen. A Way of Seeing. New York: Horizon Press, 1981, illus. pl.18.

1991

  • Phillips, Sandra S. and Maria Morris Hambourg. Helen Levitt. Exh. cat. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1991, p. 16, illus. pl.48.

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: 32A / N.Y. circa 1945 Helen Levitt; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: 91

Wikidata ID

Q64154932

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