Saul Leiter

The Village
1947

A black and white photograph capturing a woman in the foreground with a contemplative expression, looking slightly to the side. A man is partially visible in the background, seated behind her, facing the opposite direction. The setting appears to be a public space, possibly a train or a bus, with an arched window providing some light in the background. The image has a candid, vintage feel.

A black and white photograph capturing a woman in the foreground with a contemplative expression, looking slightly to the side. A man is partially visible in the background, seated behind her, facing the opposite direction. The setting appears to be a public space, possibly a train or a bus, with an arched window providing some light in the background. The image has a candid, vintage feel.

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Date
1947

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 × 13 7/8in. (27.9 × 35.2 cm) Image: 8 15/16 × 13 1/2in. (22.7 × 34.3 cm)

Accession number
97.98.5

Edition
Vintage

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Saul Leiter Estate

API
artworks/11499

Exhibitions

Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection

Apr 2, 2016–Apr 2, 2017
Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940–2001

June 26–Sept 22, 2002

Saul Leiter
7 works in the collection

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