Untitled
- Title:
- Untitled
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- Asian Studies
- Creator:
- Levinstein, Leon
- Creation Date:
- ca. 1978
- ID Number:
- 2010.078.046
- File Name:
- 2010.078.046.jpg
- Work Type:
- photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- South Asia
India
portraits - Measurement:
- 35.6 x 27.9 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- A black-and-white photograph made on the streets of India showing two male figures. The figure in the foreground is wearing white pants, a dark jacket and a scarf. He is pictured leaning over a cane, and looking to the second figure at the back of the frame. The second figure is seated with his hands on his lap, wearing all white clothing and a white headscarf. Behind the two figures is a sign written in Devanagari.
- Notes:
- the Herbert F. Johnson Museum holds 29 photographs taken in India by New York street photographer Leon Levinstein.
- Cite As:
- Leon Levinstein (American, 1913–1988), Untitled [India: man getting portrait done on street]. Gelatin silver print, 35.6 x 27.9 cm. Gift of Gary Davis, Class of 1976, 2010.078.046.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
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