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San Francisco

Artist Leon Levinstein (American, 1910 - 1988)
Date1975
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 7/8 × 13 1/2 inches (35.24 × 34.29 cm)
Sheet: 14 11/16 × 14 3/8 inches (37.31 × 36.51 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.143
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: “Leon Levinstein”; Artist’s stamp on sheet verso, lower right, in black ink: “LEON LEVINSTEIN”
InscribedTitled and dated on sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: “SAN FRANCISCO / 1975”
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right corner, in pencil: “#116”; On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: “PF42221”, “17”.
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DescriptionImage of the back of a man's head with large afro; he looks on to a city street lined with tall buildings.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
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