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HELEN LEVITT (1913–2009)
New York (Children with a broken mirror), c. 1942
gelatin silver print, printed later
signed, titled and dated in pencil (verso)
image: 11 3/8 x 7 7/8 in. (28.8 x 20 cm.)
sheet: 14 x 11 in. (35.7 x 28 cm.)

Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Helen Levitt, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1980, p. 4.
James Agee, A Way of Seeing: Photographs by Helen Levitt, The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, North Carolina, 1989, pl. 16.
Sandra Phillips, Maria Hambourg, Helen Levitt, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 1991, pl. 30.
Helen Levitt and Francine Prose, Helen Levitt: Crosstown, Powerhouse Books, Brooklyn, 2001, p. 63.
Helen Levitt, Helen Levitt, Powerhouse Books, Brooklyn, NY, 2008, p. 49.
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