New York

c. 1938

Helen Levitt

Associated Names
Helen Levitt

Artist, American, 1913 - 2009

The image features two children standing in front of a doorway. The older child is leaning against the doorframe with one leg bent, while the younger child is leaning forward. The older child has a serious expression and short hair, wearing a short-sleeved button-up shirt and long pants. The younger child is wearing a short-sleeved shirt, shorts, and has short hair. Both children wear socks and shoes. Next to the door is a window with a potted plant on the sill. The background shows brick and stone architecture and reflects part of another building.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Stephen G. Stein

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 21.2 × 26.3 cm (8 3/8 × 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.29.98


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Alex Novak, Vintage Works, Ltd., Chalfont, PA); Stephen G. Stein, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2020.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, center in graphite: Helen Levitt; lower center: N.Y. c 1938; by unknown hand, top left in graphite: HL635; upper left: HL147; upper left perpendicular: 10234


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