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HELEN LEVITT (1913–2009)
New York (Two boys, one up a tree), 1938
gelatin silver print, printed later
signed, titled and dated in pencil (verso)
image: 10 1/2 x 7 in. (26.6 x 17.8 cm.)
sheet: 14 x 11 in. (35.7 x 28 cm.)

Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.
Literature
Helen Levitt, James Agee, A Way of Seeing: Photographs by Helen Levitt, The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, North Carolina, 1989, pl. 9.
Sandra Phillips and Maria Hambourg, Helen Levitt, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 1991, pl. 6.
Helen Levitt and Francine Prose, Helen Levitt: Crosstown, Powerhouse Books, Brooklyn, 2001, p. 91.
Helen Levitt, Helen Levitt, Powerhouse Books, Brooklyn, 2008, p. 65.
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