New York (Mother & Stroller)
Artist
Helen Levitt
(American, 1913 - 2009)
Dateca. 1945; printed ca. 1960
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 13/16 × 7 5/16 inches (27.46 × 18.57 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 inches (35.4 × 27.78 cm)
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 inches (35.4 × 27.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1789
SignedSigned on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "Helen Levitt"
InscribedOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "n.y. CIRCA 1945"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "11";
On sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "82";
On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "88-2-83";
On sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "$550 / HC82" / "P5.088.002.83".
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DescriptionImage of a young child in a stroller with an open-mouth smile. A woman leans into the stroller, her face obscured.Gallery LabelSubmerged in the depths of a baby stroller, the woman in Helen Levitt’s photograph seems as though she could disappear inside of it entirely. Her child’s laughter echoes our own amusement at the chaotic contortion. A lifelong New Yorker, Levitt found tenderness and humor in the endlessly unfolding theater of the street, photographing the uninhibited play and joy of the city’s children.
Daniel Wolf, Inc., New York, NY;
Purchased from Daniel Wolf, Inc. by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1983;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Purchased from Daniel Wolf, Inc. by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1983;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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