New York

1942

Helen Levitt

Artist, American, 1913 - 2009

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 10.8 x 16.9 cm (4 1/4 x 6 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.36.97

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

1965

  • Levitt, Helen. A Way of Seeing. New York: Horizon Press, 1965, illus. pl.50.

1981

  • Levitt, Helen. A Way of Seeing. New York: Horizon Press, 1981, illus. pl.68.

1991

  • Phillips, Sandra S. and Maria Morris Hambourg. Helen Levitt. Exh. cat. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1991, p. 16, illus. pl.36.

Inscriptions

upper right verso in graphite: V 30; center verso in graphite: N.Y. circa 1942; lower right verso in graphite: Helen Levitt / $2900

Wikidata ID

Q64154933

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