Chasing the White Horse

Arthur LeipzigWW-1938-108990

1938·Gelatin silver print·Image/paper: 19.2 × 24.1 cm (7 9/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Catalogue

Year: 1938
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image/paper: 19.2 × 24.1 cm (7 9/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Arthur Leipzig

Artist

Arthur Leipzig

Photography

Arthur Leipzig was an American photographer who documented postwar New York City street life and childhood through candid 35mm black-and-white images. His work emphasizes gesture and social observation among working-class communities, combining formal clarity with empathetic attention to everyday moments. Leipzig's photographs appeared regularly in Life and Colliers during the 1940s and 1950s, establishing him as a key practitioner of humanistic street photography in the postwar period.

Brooklyn, NY, USA

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