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New York

Artist Helen Levitt (American, 1913 - 2009)
Dateca. 1940
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 5/8 x 8 3/16 inches (19.37 x 20.8 cm)
Mount: 17 x 13 7/8 inches (43.18 x 35.24 cm)
Framed: 20 x 17 inches (50.8 x 43.18 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4241
InscribedSignature Signed in artist's hand Back of Mount Description: Signed twice on back of mount.
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionImage appears to be a picture frame (or piece of furniture) with a face scratched on it. Signed twice on back of mount.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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