Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation Sold to Benefit Charitable Organizations Day Sale
Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation Sold to Benefit Charitable Organizations Day Sale
Helen Levitt
Untitled, New York (Children in Hydrant Spray)
Auction Closed
May 2, 05:08 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Helen Levitt
1918 - 2009
Untitled, New York (Children in Hydrant Spray)
gelatin silver print, signed, annotated 'N. Y.' and '1 of 1,' and dated in pencil on the reverse, 1945
image: 6¼ by 9 ¼ in. (15.9 by 23.5 cm.)
Private collection
Silverstein Photography, New York, 2006
‘Her photography is opposite in spirit and intent to that of the so-called “documentary” photographers who work with large-view cameras set up on tripods. She attempts to record the accidental in its brief second of high emotional impact, to seize the unforeseen and the quick.’
– Sarah Newmeyer, Press Release for Children: Photographs by Helen Levitt (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1943)