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Leon Levinstein

Leon Levinstein

American, 1910–1988

WA-00028180

Buckhannon, United States

PhotographyPhotography

Representation

None documented

9

Institutional Exhibitions

47

Works in Collection

63

Assets Indexed

7

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ18345966 ULAN500338798

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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New Standpoints: Photography, 1940�1955

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

No image

The Photographer's Eye

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

No image

Photographs for Collectors

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

No image

30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1959

No image

Photographs from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1958–1959

No image

70 Photographers Look at New York

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1957–1958

No image

The Family of Man

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1955

No image

Always the Young Strangers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1953

No image

Then and Now

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1952

Field Verification (5 fields)

4 cross-verified · 1 single-source

NationalityMoMA + Duplicate Merge· 93%✓
Birth yearMoMA + Duplicate Merge· 93%✓
LocationMoMA· 93%✓
Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
BiographyMoMA· 93%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3518
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

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Movement

Photography

Medium

Photography

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (47)

Coney Island

1980 · Gelatin silver print

15 5/8 × 19 5/16" (39.6 × 49.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1980 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 27.4 x 34.6 cm (10 13/16 x 13 5/8 in.); Paper: 27.7 x 35.2 cm (10 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Coney Island

1975 · Gelatin silver print

40.7 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

New York

1975 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 28 × 35.4 cm (11 1/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1975 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 39.4 x 49 cm (15 1/2 x 19 5/16 in.); Paper: 40.6 x 50.5 cm (16 x 19 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

India

1974 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 41.7 × 33.2 cm (16 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 43 × 34.4 cm (16 15/16 × 13 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Forty-Second Street and Broadway

Forty-Second Street and Broadway

1974 · Gelatin silver print

16 1/2 × 12 9/16" (41.9 × 32 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

New York

1970 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 26.9 × 34.6 cm (10 5/8 × 13 5/8 in.); Paper: 27.7 × 35.5 cm (10 15/16 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

[Man Walking on Street in Short-Sleeved Striped Shirt , New York]

1970 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 35 x 25.1 cm (13 3/4 x 9 7/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Close-up tattooed man's beer belly

1970 · gelatin silver print

Image: 34.9 x 27.3 cm (13 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.); Paper: 35.4 x 27.7 cm (13 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Fifth Avenue

1969 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 35.5 × 28.1 cm (14 × 11 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fifth Avenue

1969 · Gelatin silver print

16 15/16 × 14 1/16" (43 × 35.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Times Square

1967 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 34.9 × 25.4 cm (13 3/4 × 10 in.); Paper: 35.4 × 27.8 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

New Orleans

1965 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 49 × 35.4 cm (19 5/16 × 13 15/16 in.); Paper: 50.3 × 40.8 cm (19 13/16 × 16 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lower East Side, New York

Lower East Side, New York

1963 · Gelatin silver print

11 1/16 × 13 7/8" (28.1 × 35.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Haiti

1960 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 31 × 25.6 cm (12 1/4 × 10 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

[Street Scene: Woman in Blonde Wig and Tight Dress, New York City]

1960 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park, London

Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park, London

1960 · gelatin silver print on baryta paper

height: 271 cm, width: 352 cm

[Elderly Man in Dark Jacket and Cap Walking on Street, New York]

1960 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 34.7 x 25.1 cm (13 11/16 x 9 7/8 in.) Mount: 34.7 x 25.1 cm (13 11/16 x 9 7/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fifth Avenue

1959 · Gelatin silver print

10 1/2 × 13 7/16" (26.7 × 34.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Prospect Park

1958 · Gelatin silver print

35.1 × 27 cm (13 7/8 × 10 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Harlem

1958 · Gelatin silver print

13 3/8 × 16 3/8" (34.1 × 41.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

7th Avenue

1958 · gelatin silver print on baryta paper

width: 271 cm, height: 312 cm

Handball Players, Lower East Side, New York

1958 · Gelatin silver print

45.9 x 39.2 cm (18 1/16 x 15 7/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

47 published of 61 catalogued · 48 with image

Art Institute Chicago
18 published18 img
MoMA
14 publishedof 28 catalogued28 img
The Met
7 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
6 published
Rijksmuseum
2 published2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 8)

8 entries · 1 sources

7th Avenue
1958 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park, London
1960 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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The Screen, Child in Window, Lower East Side
1946 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Man in Surf
1980 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Coney Island
1975 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Coney Island
1949 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Close-up tattooed man's beer belly
1970 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Man in Suit, Woman in Fur Coat
1954 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Europe (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

7

Movements1

Collections6

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Artsy

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Record

Selected Credits

9 total

1978New Standpoints: Photography, 1940�1955 — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1964The Photographer's Eye — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1960Photographs for Collectors — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

195930th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1958Photographs from the Museum Collection — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

195770 Photographers Look at New York — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1955The Family of Man — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1953Always the Young Strangers — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

1952Then and Now — Museum of Modern Artexhibition

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition New Standpoints: Photography, 1940�1955

New York · 1978

Exhibition New Standpoints: Photography, 1940�1955

Museum of Modern Art

New York · 1978

Group Exhibition The Photographer's Eye

New York · 1964

Exhibition The Photographer's Eye

Museum of Modern Art

New York · 1964

Group Exhibition Photographs for Collectors

New York · 1960

Exhibition Photographs for Collectors

Museum of Modern Art

New York · 1960