Two children
- Title:
- Two children
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- History of photography
- Creator:
- Levitt, Helen
- Creation Date:
- 1971 (negative)
1989 (print)
- ID Number:
- 90.024.001
- File Name:
- 90.024.001.jpg
- Work Type:
- Photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- chromogenic color prints
- Subject:
- Art and Photography
color photography
street photography - Measurement:
- 43.2 x 35.4 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- Two young children leaning on candy machines outside of a small city store. Taken at an oblique angle to the storefront and the machines, looking directly at a little girl with long dark hair wearing a long, tiered, dress with a big floral pattern, sucking something from the end of a straw, who is leaning back on the corner between the storefront and the machines. In front of the machines, facing the right edge of the image, a younger boy is leaning back with his arms on the machines, causing his white t-shirt to hike up over his belly. The kids are standing on a black metal grate, but the storefront and its grille are blue, nearly the same color as the girl's tights. A window in the shop shows oranges and bananas, their color continues into the pattern on her dress, albeit more muted. The candy machines are shiny, red, and stocked but neither kid pays them any attention.
- Notes:
- Matted chromogenic print.
- Cite As:
- Helen Levitt (American, 1918-2009), Two children, 1971 (negative); 1989 (print). Chromogenic print, 52.1 x 40.6 cm. Gift of Sandra Berler, in honor of David K. Berler's 35th Reunion, 90.024.001.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
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