Mardi Gras, New Orleans
Artist
Leon Levinstein
(American, 1913-1988)
CultureAmerican
Date1975, printed ca. 1980
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 19 5/16 × 13 15/16 in. (49.1 × 35.4 cm)
Overall, Paper: 19 7/8 × 15 15/16 in. (50.5 × 40.5 cm)
Overall, Paper: 19 7/8 × 15 15/16 in. (50.5 × 40.5 cm)
InscribedStamped verso
Credit LineGift of Carl Alterman
Object number2005.32.2
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print of a man wearing very little clothing walking trough a crowd of people at Mardi Gras in New Orleans.ProvenanceCarl Alterman, Mamaroneck, NY [through photography collector Michael Mattis]; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Gift of Carl Alterman, 2005.
Danny Lyon
1983-1986, printed later