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New York

Artist Helen Levitt (American, 1913 - 2009)
Date1972
MediumDye transfer print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/4 × 14 1/4 inches (23.5 × 36.2 cm)
Sheet: 12 5/16 × 16 15/16 inches (31.27 × 43.02 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1798
SignedSignature on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "Helen Levitt"
InscribedOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "n.y. 1972"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "D108"; On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "Dye Transfer / Turturo [?] ColorLabls"
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DescriptionImage of two boys on the street. One is blowing bubbles while other (with dirty face) looks on.Provenance
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1987;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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