New York

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Helen Levitt

Title

New York

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1935–1945

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; inscribed and signed verso, on mount, across center, in graphite: "L [in rectangle] / N. Y. © [?] 1942 / 15 [?/encircled] / Helen Levitt / [star]"; inscribed verso, lower right, in graphite: "26" [in a triangle]

Dimensions

Image/paper: 19.3 × 12.9 cm (7 5/8 × 5 1/8 in.); Mount: 20.3 × 13.9 cm (8 × 5 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

The Mary and Leigh Block Endowment Fund

Reference Number

1989.589

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