[Children with Soap Bubbles, New York City]
Helen Levitt American
Not on view
Helen Levitt's photographs of everyday life in her own New York neighborhood have epitomized domestic urban life for over sixty years. This image of children - one of her most common subjects - demonstrates Levitt's astute portrayal of gesture, praised as "lyrical" by James Agee in the introduction to her book, A Way of Seeing. As the viewer's attention echoes the children's glance toward the left of the scene, the picture poses a riddle as to the bubbles' source, transforming this gritty city street into a magical metropolitan playground.
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![[Children with Soap Bubbles, New York City], Helen Levitt (American, 1913–2009), Gelatin silver print](/Rodan/dist/svg/rolling-0.9s-30px.svg)
