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New York

Artist Helen Levitt (American, 1913 - 2009)
Dateca. 1939
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 5 7/8 x 8 5/8 inches (14.92 x 21.91 cm)
Framed: 20 1/4 x 17 1/4 inches (51.44 x 43.82 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4240
InscribedSignature Signed in artist's hand Back of Mount Pencil Notations "1 of 2 good ones" and "N.Y. ca. 1939" Back of Mount Pencil
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionImage of 3 boys, (2 fighting) on stairs, in the street. Signature and notations in pencil on back of mount.Exhibition History

Hide & Seek: Picturing Childhood. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 26, 2009 –  February 21, 2010, no cat.

Rotation 11. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 17, 2011 – March 18, 2012, no cat.

Provenance
From the artist to Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY by 1997;
Purchased from Laurence Miller Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1997;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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Helen Levitt
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