Artist
Arthur Leipzig (American, 1918–2014)American, 1918–2014
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Divers, East River
Date1948, printed later
Place depictedNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 15/16 × 13 in. (25.2 × 33 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 14 in. (35.2 × 35.6 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 14 in. (35.2 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Eve France in honor of Anne Wilkes Tucker and in memory of her cousin Arthur Leipzig
Object number2015.222
Not on view
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the hazy backdrop of the Queensboro Bridge, three young men dive together into
the East River. Capturing each man at a different moment in their dives, Arthur
Leipzig’s perfectly timed photograph almost appears as though it could be a
motion study, such as Étienne Jules Marey’s galloping horse on display on the
opposite wall of this gallery. Leipzig, like the majority of League
photographers and very unlike Marey, went in search of spontaneous subjects on
city streets rather than photographing in a controlled environment.
ProvenanceThe artist, New York; [Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York]; purchased by Eve France, New York, 2015; given to MFAH, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in graphite, verso
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