Helen Levitt
Untitled, New York (Children in Hydrant Spray)
Auction Closed
May 2, 05:08 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Helen Levitt
1918 - 2009
Untitled, New York (Children in Hydrant Spray)
gelatin silver print, signed, annotated 'N. Y.' and '1 of 1,' and dated in pencil on the reverse, 1945
image: 6¼ by 9 ¼ in. (15.9 by 23.5 cm.)
Private collection
Silverstein Photography, New York, 2006
‘Her photography is opposite in spirit and intent to that of the so-called “documentary” photographers who work with large-view cameras set up on tripods. She attempts to record the accidental in its brief second of high emotional impact, to seize the unforeseen and the quick.’
– Sarah Newmeyer, Press Release for Children: Photographs by Helen Levitt (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1943)
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