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Helen Levitt — Subway Portrait (man with hat)
Helen Levitt

Subway Portrait (man with hat)

Helen Levitt's candid subway portrait captures a man wearing a hat in an intimate moment of urban life. The work demonstrates Levitt's distinctive eye for spontaneous, poetic moments in public spaces.

Medium
Gelatin silver print.

🔨 Auction Lot

Photographs from the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation Part II

October 9, 2024

Lot 92

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Helen Levitt, Subway Portrait (man with hat)

Helen Levitt's candid subway portrait captures a man wearing a hat in an intimate moment of urban life. The work demonstrates Levitt's distinctive eye for spontaneous, poetic moments in public spaces.

Medium
Gelatin silver print.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

New York, Portraiture, Gelatin Silver Print, Urban, Subway, Street Photography, Candid, Black and White

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