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Julien Levy Collection, Gift of Jean Levy and the Estate of Julien Levy
Reference Number
1988.157.30
Extended information about this artwork
Travis, David. 1976. “Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection: Starting with Atget.” Exh. cat. p. 41, cat. 51.
Westerbeck, Colin and Joel Meyerowitz. 1994. “Bystander: A History of Street Photography.” Bulfinch Press/ Little, Brown and Company. p. 16.
Schaffner, Ingrid and Lisa Jacobs. 1998. “Julien Levy: Portrait of an Art Gallery.” Exh. cat. The MIT Press. p. 141 pl. 51
Sire, Agnes. 2004. “Documentary and Anti-Graphic Photography: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans and Manuel Alvarez-Bravo.” Exh. cat. Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation. Steidl. p. 163.
Rosenheim, Jeff L. 2009. “Walker Evans.” Exh. cat. Fotomuseum Winterthur. p. 87, pl. 15.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection: Starting with Atget,” December 11, 1976–February 20, 1977; traveled to the International Center of Photography, New York, April 21-May 29, 1977; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, November 4-December 18 1977; Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 13-Ferbruary 26, 1978; Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois, March 16-April 30, 1978; and Cincinnati Art Museum, November 17-December 24, 1978. (David Travis)
New York, New York, The Equitable Gallery, “Julien Levy: Portrait of an Art Gallery,” August 13–October 31, 1998.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Bystander: A History of Street Photography,” December 10, 1994-April 16, 1995; traveled to the San Jose Museum of Art, January 16-April 4, 1999. (Colin Westerbeck)
Paris, France, Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation, “Documentary and Anti-Graphic Photography: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans and Manuel Alvarez-Bravo,” September 7–December 22, 2004; traveled to Switzerland, Musee de L’Elysee, February 10–April 10, 2005. (Agnes Sire)
Madrid, Spain, Fotomuseum Winterthur, “Walker Evans,” May 30- August 23, 2009. (Jeff L. Rosenheim)
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