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Black-and-white photograph of three children with masks over their eyes. They stand on a stoop and survey the street, the girl in a dress, holding the mask to her face, and two boys in suit jackets with shorts.

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  • Black-and-white photograph of three children with masks over their eyes. They stand on a stoop and survey the street, the girl in a dress, holding the mask to her face, and two boys in suit jackets with shorts.

Date:

c. 1940

Artist:

Helen Levitt
American, 1913–2009

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Helen Levitt

Title

New York

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1935–1945

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; signed and inscribed verso, on mount, center, in graphite: "Helen Levitt / NY. © [probably circa but looks like copyright symbol] 1942"; inscribed verso, on mount, lower right, in graphite: "HL370.Y"

Dimensions

Image/paper: 15.5 × 20.6 cm (6 1/8 × 8 1/8 in.); Mount: 45.8 × 35.6 cm (18 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Lucia Woods Lindley and Daniel A. Lindley, Jr.

Reference Number

1987.382

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