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Black and white photograph of children's expressions of surprise and excitement as they watch from the audience of an outside performance.

Alfred Eisenstaedt
Children at a Puppet Theater, Paris, 1963
Gelatin silver print, printed 1966
Flush mounted to masonite
15 × 18 inches
Exhibition print from the traveling show Witness to our Time: Photographs by Alfred Eisenstaedt
Two labels on mount verso, both read: "Paris 1963"

Black and white photo of two kids posing together under a single coat

Diane Arbus
Kids in a Coat, New York City, 1960
Vintage gelatin silver print
9 × 6 in.

Black and white photo showing a large wooden box in an urban neighborhood, with legs poking out, revealing that children are playing inside.

Helen Levitt
New York City, c. 1945
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1970
Image size: 11 x 7 ½ in.
Sheet size: 14 x 11 in.
Signed, titled, and dated on verso

Black and white photo of children playing on the handrail of large staircase, watching one of their playmates slide down.

André Kertész
Stairs with Children, Paris, 1933
Vintage gelatin silver print
7 × 9 ⅜ in.
Stamped on verso: photographer’s ‘Rue du Cotentin’ copyright credit

Black and white photo of two young girls running across a large paved lot, seen from a distance.

Roy DaCarava
“Kids God Bless”, from Belafonte—New York 19, c. 1960
Vintage gelatin silver print, on period mount
Image size: 13 ½ in × 19 ¾ in
Framed size: 24 ½ × 30 in
Titled in pencil on mount verso

Low angle black and white photo of refugees walking though the desert.

Margaret Bourke-White
Exodus, Pakistan, 1947
Vintage gelatin silver print
11 × 10 ½ in.
Titled and dated in pencil with MoMA stamp on verso
Deaccessioned from MoMA's collection

Black and whit photo of kids playing on monkey bars. One girl sticks her tongue out.

Peter Hujar
Southbury, Connecticut, 1957
Vintage gelatin silver print
Image size: 14⅝ × 14⅝ inches
Sheet size: 20 × 16 inch
Signed in ink on verso

Color photo of two children hanging around outside an urban shop by a gumball machine.

Helen Levitt
New York City, 1971
Dye transfer print
Sheet size 21 ¼ × 16 in.

Shadowy black and white photo showing pedestrian in shadow, with spots of light on them.

Ken Josephson
Chicago, 1961
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1975
Image size: 6 × 8 ⅞ inches

Dark black and white photo showing light glinting on parked cars from the 1040s and early 50s.

Louis Faurer
Park Avenue Garage, New York City, 1950
Gelatin silver print, printed later
Image size: 8½ × 12⅜ inches
Sheet size: 11 × 14 inches
Signed, titled, and dated 1981 in ink on recto
Inscribed as a gift from Mikhail Baryshnikov on overmat

Nearly all black photo showing a shaft of light in the center, framing a man seen in the distance.

Harry Callahan
Bob Fine, 1952
Gelatin silver print, Printed later
10 × 8 in.

black and white photo of a man in a suit holding a small child up with one hand in front of a large mountain lake.

Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lake Sevan, Armenia, USSR, 1972
Vintage gelatin silver print
6 ¼ × 9 ¼ in.
Henri Cartier-Bresson copyright stamp on verso

Oval vintage black and white portrait of young boy with longish hair.

Félix Nadar
Portrait of Paul Nadar, c. 1862
Vintage collotype, mounted on card
Image size (tondo): 9 ¼ x 7 ¼ in.

Black and white photo portrait of two African men, in a blue hand painted frame with a green and yellow leafy design.

Malick Sidibé
Untitled (Portrait of Two Malian Men), c. 1969-79
Vintage gelatin silver print in hand-painted frame
Print: 6 ⅜ × 4 ¼ in.
Frame: 16 ⅞ × 12 ⅝ in.
Frame painted c. 2003

Close up black and white photo of a magnolia blossom.

Imogen Cunningham
Magnolia Blossom, 1929
Gelatin silver print
10 ¾ × 13 ⅝ inch print
14 ¾ × 20 inch mount
Printed 1970’s
Embossed signature on mount, Cunningham Trust label on verso