Helen Levitt, the visual poet laureate of New York City, published her magnum opus Crosstown in 2001 to great acclaim. Since then Levitt has authored two smaller volumes, Here and There and Slideshow, her first monograph featuring her little known colour work which has garnered her accolades from around the globe. Here is a collection of her most iconic works, intermixed with never-before-seen photographs, combining seven decades of New York City street life with Levitt's seminal work in Mexico City.
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Born in Brooklyn in 1913, Helen Levitt's photographs made on the streets of New York have inspired and amazed generations of photographers, collectors and curators. Helen Levitt's first major museum exhibition was at the Museum of Modern Art in 1943, and a second solo show was held there in 1974. Retrospectives of her work have been held at several museums including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, International Center for Photography and the Centre National la Photographie in Paris.
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Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Unpaginated. 33 cm. B&w and colour photos. Green cloth. Some marks to lower edge. Spectrum International Prize for Photography of the Foundation of Lower Saxony. Seller Inventory # 156576
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, 167 pages. In Good condition. Bound in dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. General shelf wear to boards. Creasing throughout textblock on top of gutter. Pages lightly discolored and sticking together in various places. Shelved in Photographers. 1412707. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Seller Inventory # 1412707
Seller: Leahi Books, Olalla, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. LEVITT, HELEN: Helen Levitt Photographs 1937-1991 Powerhouse hardcover 2008 First Edition Stated ISBN 9781576874295. no dust jacket, as issued, green cloth with gilt lettering. NEAR FINE, very clean, bright and pristine throughout, no marks, no writing. Very slight bump to upper corner of boards, and corresponding last 10 pages of the book. (see attached photo). Seller Inventory # PHO-LEV-0200
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Second printing. Hardcover. 167 pages. Features a text by Walker Evans. A retrospective collection of images by Helen Levitt that includes 74 tritone and 68 four-color photographs. A near fine copy in cloth boards with some slight sunning. No dust jacket as issued. Seller Inventory # 205696
Seller: Tefka, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 2nd printing. Near fine hardcover with no dust jackeat as issued. Dark green cloth boards + gilt type near fine with very slight shelf wear to boards & slight dulling of gilt on spine. Pages are fine, crisp & vibrant. Beautiful book with stunning color & tritone reproduction of color & b/w images, no marks. See photos, ships same day or next day. Seller Inventory # ABE-1785720647995
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. 74 black-and-white and 68 color photographs. Fine, bound in full green cloth, with no dust jacket as issued. Seller Inventory # 170688
Seller: Bob Lemkowitz , Rhinebeck, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. An As New First Edition in Hardcover .Laid in is a Signed note on Humane Society note paper Ms.Levitt s charity Ms.Levitt did not sign very much so this note is singular. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 5024
Seller: New Millennium Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition (first printing). Catalogue to major retrospective held at the Sprengel Museum in Hanover, Germany in 2008. 168 pp., numerous plates in color and black and white. Signed by Helen Levitt on title page and scarce thus. Signed by Illustrator(s). Seller Inventory # 007424
Seller: BWS BKS, Ferndale, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: New. "If ever anyone was born to be a photographer, Helen Levitt was. Looking at these pictures triggers that tingling feeling you get from photographs by artists like Lartigue, Kertà sz, and Cartier-Bresson: a feeling that the camera is less an expertly operated tool than the seamless extension of a mind and body that are preternaturally alert to the world." (The New York Times) "Levittâs photographs, like her city, though occasionally they rise to beauty, are mostly too quick for it. Instead, they have the quality of frozen street-corner conversation: she went out, saw something wonderful, came home to tell you all about it, and then, frustrated, said, âYou had to be there,â and you realize, looking at the picture, that you were." (Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker) Helen Levitt, the visual poet laureate of New York City, published her magnum opus Crosstown in 2001 to great acclaim. The book immediately sold out, never to be reprinted, making it a classic volume of street photography for the cognoscenti. Since then, Levitt has authored two smaller volumes, Here and There and Slide Show, her first monograph exclusively featuring her little-known color work, which have garnered her accolades from around the globe. Most recently, she was named the 2008 recipient of the SPECTRUM International Prize for Photography of the Foundation of Lower Saxony, an honor previously bestowed on such luminaries as Robert Adams and Sophie Calle. In Helen Levitt, released in conjunction with a retrospective exhibition at Germanyâs Sprengel Museum Hannover, the esteemed photographer presents her most iconic works, intermixed with never-before-seen color work. Combining seven decades of New York City street life with her seminal work in Mexico City, Helen Levitt features the master works of an incomparable career. Seller Inventory # 77038