- Artist/Maker:
- Jerome Liebling
- Bio:
- American, 1924-2011
- Title:
- Butterfly Boy, New York
- Date:
- 1949
- Medium:
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions:
- 10 5/8 × 10 in. (27 × 25.4 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Purchase: Mimi and Barry J. Alperin Fund
- Accession Number:
- 2008-90
- Copyright:
- © Jerome Liebling Photography / All Rights Reserved
Not On View
This portrait of a young boy was taken near Knickerbocker Village, a public-housing complex on the Lower East Side that had replaced substandard tenements. Liebling's empathy and respect for his subject may be seen in the direct connection he establishes with the child, who stares stone-faced into the camera.
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