Mexico City
1997
$581.00
First edition of Mexico City by Helen Levitt. First impression. Medium format hardback in fine condition, signed by Helen Levitt to a dedicated page, this is one kf 200 copies in a slipcase signed by Levitt. Please see photographs for reference.
About
Helen Levitt was already becoming known for her photographs of working–class children at play in the streets and empty lots of New York City when she made a trip to Mexico City in the summer of 1941. Unlike other photographers who had taken inspiration from Mexico—such as Tina Modotti, Paul Strand, and Edward Weston—Levitt made no contact with local artistic circles and did not document political slogans, native culture, or Mexican landmarks; rather, as in her previous work, she focused on the gestures of people in the street. A collection of sixty-seven photographs of the urban and semiurban areas of Mexico City.
