New York

Photography and Media

c. 1945

Helen Levitt
American, 1913–2009

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 1940–1950
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: Unmarked recto; inscribed and signed verso, center, in graphite: "N. Y. ca 1945 Helen Levitt"
Dimensions: Image: 13.9 × 20.7 cm (5 1/2 × 8 3/16 in.); Paper: 14.3 × 21.5 cm (5 11/16 × 8 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Photography Associates Fund
Reference Number: 1995.58

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 (Chicago only). (Colin Westerbeck)
Art Institute of Chicago, “Free Association: Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Photography Associates,” June 10–November 5, 2000. (Colin Westerbeck)
Art Institute of Chicago, “Film and Photo in New York,” July 21–November 25, 2012. (Katherine A. Bussard)

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