Object number2000.22.1
New York
Date1945
Artist
Helen Levitt
(American, 1913-2009)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print, printed later
DimensionsImage: 11 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (29.2 x 19.7 cm)
Sheet: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
Sheet: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Richard and Elizabeth Devereaux
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn verso, signed center in pencil: Helen Levitt
InscribedOn verso, by artist, upper right corner in pencil: LT[star shape] 82; N.Y.C. 1939; by unidentified hand, lower right corner: P; lower left corner: FLLAC 2000.22.1
BibliographyLevitt, Helen. Crosstown / Helen Levitt. New York: PowerHouse Books, 2001, p. 41; Modern Metropolis, (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 2002), p. 13, repr.Histories of Photography (Poughkeepsie:éLLAC, 2003), p. 12; Phillips, Sandra S., Maria Morris Hambourg, and Helen Levitt. Helen Levitt. San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1991, pl. 16
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryModern Metropolis, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, April 5 - June 16, 2002;Histories of Photography, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, July 5 - September 21, 2003
DescriptionA black and white image of a child in a baby carriage with a woman standing to the side of it and bending down so that her shoulders and above are obscured. The child in the carriage looks out at the photographer and laughs.
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