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Arthur LeipzigWW-1949-147880

1949·Gelatin silver print·Image: 16.5 x 11.4 cm (6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)

Purchase, Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation Gift, 2012

Catalogue

Year: 1949
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 16.5 x 11.4 cm (6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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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