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Mrs. George Washington Cavanagh, Opening Night at the Opera, NYC

Arthur LeipzigWW-1946-147886

1946·gelatin silver print·Image: 23.9 x 23.9 cm (9 7/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

Gift of George Stephanopoulos

Catalogue

Year: 1946
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 23.9 x 23.9 cm (9 7/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist: Arthur Leipzig

Artist

Arthur Leipzig

Photography

Arthur Leipzig was an American photographer who documented postwar New York City street life and childhood through candid 35mm black-and-white images. His work emphasizes gesture and social observation among working-class communities, combining formal clarity with empathetic attention to everyday moments. Leipzig's photographs appeared regularly in Life and Colliers during the 1940s and 1950s, establishing him as a key practitioner of humanistic street photography in the postwar period.

Brooklyn, NY, USA

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