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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

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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