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HELEN LEVITT NEW YORK STREET PHOTOGRAPHER 1930s and 1940s - Exhibitions - Margulies Collection

Helen Levitt, New York, c. 1938

The exhibition presents 176 photographs from the Margulies Collection archives of master street photographer Helen Levitt. On view are works from her New York street scenes, First Proofs, Graffiti, trip to Mexico City with Alma Agee and Subway portrait series she made with Walker Evans in 1938. In addition to the Levitt photographs are three Walker Evans Subway Portraits and In the Street, a 16mm film Levitt made with James Agee and Janice Loeb in 1948.

Co-curated by Katherine Hinds and Jeanie Ambrosio

Graffiti: 14 photographs, 1930s - 1940s

Mexico: 8 photographs, 1941

Subway: 4 photographs, 1938

First Proofs: 30 photographs, 1939-1940s

New York Street Scenes: 15 photographs, 1930s-1940s

Color: 9 photographs, 1971-1990s

From the Archive book of 96 prints

Walker Evans, Subway Portraits: 3 photographs

Click here to read a recent interview with CYJO of The Eye of Photography and associate curator Jeanie Ambrosio

Installation Views

Installation view, Helen Levitt New York Street Photographer 1930s and 1940s, October 18, 2023 - April 27, 2024, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse

Installation view, Helen Levitt New York Street Photographer 1930s and 1940s, October 18, 2023 - April 27, 2024, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse

Installation view, Helen Levitt New York Street Photographer 1930s and 1940s, October 18, 2023 - April 27, 2024, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse

Installation view, Helen Levitt New York Street Photographer 1930s and 1940s, October 18, 2023 - April 27, 2024, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse

Installation view, Helen Levitt New York Street Photographer 1930s and 1940s, October 18, 2023 - April 27, 2024, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse

Installation view, Helen Levitt New York Street Photographer 1930s and 1940s, October 18, 2023 - April 27, 2024, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse

Installation view, Helen Levitt New York Street Photographer 1930s and 1940s, October 18, 2023 - April 27, 2024, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse

Installation view, Helen Levitt New York Street Photographer 1930s and 1940s, October 18, 2023 - April 27, 2024, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse

Installation view, Helen Levitt New York Street Photographer 1930s and 1940s, October 18, 2023 - April 27, 2024, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse

Installation view, Helen Levitt New York Street Photographer 1930s and 1940s, October 18, 2023 - April 27, 2024, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse

Installation view, Helen Levitt New York Street Photographer 1930s and 1940s, October 18, 2023 - April 27, 2024, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse

Installation view, Helen Levitt New York Street Photographer 1930s and 1940s, October 18, 2023 - April 27, 2024, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse

Installation view, Helen Levitt New York Street Photographer 1930s and 1940s, October 18, 2023 - April 27, 2024, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse

Installation view, Helen Levitt New York Street Photographer 1930s and 1940s, October 18, 2023 - April 27, 2024, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse

Installation view, Helen Levitt New York Street Photographer 1930s and 1940s, October 18, 2023 - April 27, 2024, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse

Installation view, Helen Levitt New York Street Photographer 1930s and 1940s, October 18, 2023 - April 27, 2024, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse

Installation view, Helen Levitt New York Street Photographer 1930s and 1940s, October 18, 2023 - April 27, 2024, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse

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