Leon Levinstein

New Year's Eve, Times Square, New York City
1965

A black and white photograph capturing a moment of excitement or celebration, featuring a person with their mouth open wide as if cheering or shouting, arms raised in the air, with blurred figures and bright lights in the background suggesting a lively, possibly nighttime, urban setting.
A black and white photograph capturing a moment of excitement or celebration, featuring a person with their mouth open wide as if cheering or shouting, arms raised in the air, with blurred figures and bright lights in the background suggesting a lively, possibly nighttime, urban setting.

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Date
1965

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 × 14in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Image: 10 3/8 × 14in. (26.4 × 35.6 cm)

Accession number
2002.325

Edition
Vintage

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

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Leon Levinstein
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