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New York (boy climbing up pole)

Artist Helen Levitt (American, 1913 - 2009)
Dateca. 1939
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches (21.59 x 14.61 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches (21.59 x 14.61 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Kramer
Object number2012.57.4
SignedSigned on back of sheet, lower right, in pencil “Helen Levitt” and on back of sheet, center, below inscription, in pencil “Helen Levitt”.
InscribedInscribed and dated on back of sheet, center, in pencil “n.y.c. 1939”
MarkingsOn back of sheet, upper left, in pencil “HL173”, upper right “V7 / RF / 1 of 5”, center “[star], 24 [circled] / 12 [inside of a square]”, and bottom center “NY”.
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DescriptionVintage print. Image of a little boy wearing a cardboard crown and climbing up a pole.
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