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Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, upper right, in graphite: "247"; inscribed and signed verso, center, in graphite: "N. Y. 1981 Helen Levitt"; inscribed verso, lower right, in graphite: "[erased numbers] S"
Art Institute of Chicago, “Optical Delusions: Jokes, Puns and Sleights of Hand in Photography,” June 17–October 15, 2000. (Colin Westerbeck)
Art Institute of Chicago, “A Mind at Play,” June 14–September 7, 2008. (David Travis)
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