Helen Levitt
New York

New York

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New York
New York
ArtistAmerican, 1913–2009
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • New York
Date1939–1940
Place depictedNew York City, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 15/16 × 6 1/4 in. (20.2 × 15.9 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 6 1/4 in. (20.2 × 15.9 cm)
Mount: 8 9/16 × 6 15/16 in. (21.8 × 17.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1539
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in, "New York, New York: Photographs from the Manfred Heiting Collection", at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston from October 8 - March 9, 2003.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black ink, verso upper right corner: R20 [?]
Inscribed in pencil, upper right corner: Vint
Inscribed in blue crayon, verso center: 6
Inscribed in pencil, verso center: 58 [circled]
Inscribed in pencil, verso center: N.Y. © 1940
Inscribed in pencil, verso lower right corner: H6.416.Y
Signed in pencil, verso upper left (vertical): Helen Levitt

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