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Arthur Leipzig, American 1918-2014, Growing Up in New York, Follow the Leader, Photograph
Arthur Leipzig, American 1918-2014, Growing Up in New York, Follow the Leader, Photograph
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Estimate:
$800 -
$1,000
Multi-Estates Spring 2025 Auction
May 31, 2025 11:00 AM EDT
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New York, NY, US
Description:
Arthur Leipzig
American, 1918-2014
Growing Up in New York, Follow the Leader
Photograph
Inscribed on verso:
"An Arthur Leipzig Photo c 1943
378 Glen Avenue
Sea Cliff, N.Y. 11579
516-676-6016
Hand Signed by Photographer
This photograph not to be reproduced without express permission of the photographer"
Approximate Page size: 19.75" H x 16" W
Approximate Image size: 16.375" H x 15.375" W
Approximate Frame size: 24.75" H x 20.75" W
From the private collection of a New York City Financial Firm.
Frame in as is condition.
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Provenance:
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Arthur Leipzig (1918-2014) was born in Brooklyn, New York. He began his career in photography when he enrolled in a class with the Photo League in 1941. Leipzig was an active member of the Photo League until 1949, learning from the work of Paul Strand and W. Eugene Smith.
In 1942, he became a staff photographer for the newspaper PM, a liberal publication that used photography in abundance on its pages and allowed its photographers free reign. Leipzig worked for a brief stint at International News Photos before beginning a successful career in freelance photojournalism, traveling on assignments around the world and contributing to such periodicals as The Sunday New York Times, This Week, Fortune, Look, LIFE, and Parade.
Leipzig has been included in many museum group exhibitions, most notably "New Faces" (1946) and "Family of Man" (1955) at the Museum of Modern Art, as well as the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Photography as a Fine Art" (1961-62). His solo exhibitions include: "Growing Up in New York: Photographs by Arthur Leipzig" at the Museum of the City of New York (1996), and "Arthur Leipzig: A Tribute to Influence" at the Columbus Museum of Art (2005). His work is represented in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, the Jewish Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, the International Center of Photography, and the Bibliothèque Nationale, among others.
Leipzig's honors include the National Urban League Photography Award, several annual Art Directors Awards, and two Long Island University Trustees Awards for Scholarly Achievement. He was the recipient of the Lucie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Fine Art Photography in 2004. Additionally, Leipzig shared his talent and passion for photography by teaching at Long Island University for nearly three decades, where he became Professor Emeritus.
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