The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
Man in Suit, Woman in Fur Coat
1954
(American, 1910–1988)
Image: 45.1 x 39.3 cm (17 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.); Page: 50.4 x 40.7 cm (19 13/16 x 16 in.)
Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2014.482
© Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
Location: not on view
Description
Leon Levinstein photographed, according to gallerist Helen Gee, “wherever there were people—Times Square, Coney Island, the Lower East Side.” She described him as “a large man with a slow, shuffling gait, skirting the fringes, searching the crowd. Obsessed with New York—not the turf so much as the people—he concentrated on the anonymous, those faceless people one passes on the street and doesn’t notice.” Levinstein studied at the Photo League but, unlike most of its members, denied any interest in making social statements through his photographs.- Tannenbaum, Barbara. “A New York Minute: Take a look at street photography between 1920 and 1950.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 2 (Spring 2021): 24-26. Reproduced: P. 26.
- A New York Minute: Street Photography, 1920-1950. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-November 7, 2021).
- {{cite web|title=Man in Suit, Woman in Fur Coat|url=false|author=Leon Levinstein|year=1954|access-date=24 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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