The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 30, 2026

A black-and-white photograph depicts five boys with light skin tones at a waterfront. In the foreground, one boy stands atop a gravel-filled barge on our left, waving his arm. Four other boys in swim trunks dive toward the water on our right, their bodies forming a diagonal line mid-air. In the hazy distance, smokestacks with smoke and industrial cranes line the horizon. The composition follows the figures from upper left to lower right.

East River Jumpers, NYC

1948

Arthur Leipzig

(American, 1918–2014)
America
gelatin silver print
Image: 23.2 x 24.1 cm (9 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.); Paper: 23.2 x 24.1 cm (9 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2025.419
© Arthur Leipzig
Location: Not on view
  • ?–2025
    George Stephanopoulos [1961–], New York, NY, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    December 8, 2025–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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