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Billy walking along 42nd St. after his steak dinner

·Gelatin silver print·Sheet: 7 7/16 × 9 1/2 in. (18.9 × 24.1 cm)

<p>Arthur Leipzig, <em>Billy walking along 42nd St. after his steak dinner</em>, n.d.. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 7 7/16 × 9 1/2 in. (18.9 × 24.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Alison and Donald Weiss 2019.444</p>

Catalogue

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 7/16 × 9 1/2 in. (18.9 × 24.1 cm)
Collection: Whitney Museum of American 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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