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A street New York with a figure walking out of a building wearing a beige sweater, blue polka-dotted skirt, and yellow and black striped socks. In the walls leading down the street are scattered trash and graffiti.
New York
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

New York

Artist Helen Levitt (American, 1913 - 2009)
Date1977
MediumChromogenic development print
DimensionsSheet size: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
Image: 12 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. (30.8 x 20.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, funds provided by the Caroline Julier and James G. Richardson Acquisition Fund
Object number2008.47.8
Collections
Visual DescriptionA street New York with a figure walking out of a building wearing a beige sweater, blue polka-dotted skirt, and yellow and black striped socks. In the walls leading down the street are scattered trash and graffiti.
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