American Legion Convention Parade, Fifth Avenue, NYC
<p>Arthur Leipzig, <em>American Legion Convention Parade, Fifth Avenue, NYC</em>, 1952. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 10 × 11 3/8 in. (25.4 × 28.9 cm) Image: 8 7/8 × 10 1/8 in. (22.5 × 25.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Alison and Donald Weiss 2019.442</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1952
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 10 × 11 3/8 in. (25.4 × 28.9 cm) Image: 8 7/8 × 10 1/8 in. (22.5 × 25.7 cm)
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Artist
- Arthur Leipzig
Artist
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.
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- Arthur Leipzig
- Year
- 1952
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 10 × 11 3/8 in. (25.4 × 28.9 cm) Image: 8 7/8 × 10 1/8 in. (22.5 × 25.7 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1952-169889
Source
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Source
- whitney
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified