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Saul Leiter

Main Gallery

September 18 – October 25, 2014

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Debra and Regina, c.1948
7 3/4 X 12 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1948

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

String, c.1955
13 3/8 X 3 3/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1955

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Rabbi Wolf Leiter, my father, 1948
8 7/8 X 13 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed 1960s

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Toy Shop, c.1950
8 X 9 7/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1950

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Sidewalk, c.1954
7 5/8 X 11 1/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1954

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Untitled, date unknown
5 3/4 X 8 5/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1960

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Snow, 1960
6 X 9 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1960

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Scarf, c.1948
7 X 10 1/2 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1970

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Boy, c.1960
5 3/4 X 8 5/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1970

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Hands, c.1954
8 7/8 X 5 7/8 inches
Gelatin silver print, printed c.1970

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Boy, c.1950
8 7/8 X 13 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1950

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Barbara, c.1949
10 3/8 X 10 1/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1949

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Ana, New York, 1950s
7 3/8 X 12 3/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1950s

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Untitled, 1950s
13 X 8 1/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1950s

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Kathy and Gloria, c.1949
9 X 13 1/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1949

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Fay, c.1948
8 3/4 X 13 1/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1948

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Cart, c.1948
13 1/8 X 9 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1948

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Cart, c.1948
13 1/8 X 9 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1948

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Cart, c.1948
9 X 13 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1948

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Shoes of the Shoeshine Man, c.1951
10 1/2 X 13 3/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1951

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Shoes of the Shoeshine Man, c.1951
10 1/2 X 13 1/2 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1951

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Shoes of the Shoeshine Man, c.1951
13 1/2 X 10 1/2 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1951

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Shoes of the Shoeshine Man, c.1951
10 1/2 X 13 1/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1951

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Shoes of the Shoeshine Man, c.1951
10 1/2 X 13 3/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1951

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Untitled, date unknown
13 3/8 X 7 3/4 inches
Gelatin silver print

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Untitled, date unknown
13 3/8 X 10 inches
Gelatin silver print

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Untitled, 1950s
13 3/8 X 10 3/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1950s

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Perry Street cat, c.1949
5 1/8 X 7 3/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1970

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Joanna, c.1947
9 1/2 X 13 3/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1947

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Kathy and Gloria, c.1948
8 7/8 X 13 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1948

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Untitled, date unknown
8 7/8 X 12 7/8 inches
Gelatin silver print

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Untitled, date unknown
8 3/4 X 12 7/8 inches
Gelatin silver print

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Kissing, c.1954
10 5/8 X 10 1/2 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1954

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Subway Car 4435, c.1950
6 X 9 1/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1970

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Goya Lady, c.1957
8 7/8 X 5 7/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1957

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Wedding, c.1948
13 3/8 X 9 1/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1948

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Hats, c.1948
9 3/4 X 6 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c. 1970

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Jay and Deke, c.1950
10 X 10 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1950

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Jay, Greenwich, c.1950
11 1/2 X 10 1/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1950

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Untitled, date unknown
13 3/8 X 9 1/8 inches
Gelatin silver print

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Untitled, date unknown
8 1/4 X 12 inches
Gelatin silver print

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Untitled, date unknown
13 X 8 7/8 inches
Gelatin silver print

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Halloween, c.1952
13 3/8 X 10 1/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1952

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

From Wedding as a Funeral, c.1951
13 1/4 X 6 3/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1951

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

From Wedding as a Funeral, c.1951
11 1/4 X 9 3/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1951

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

From Wedding as a Funeral, c.1951
10 1/4 X 9 3/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1951

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

From Wedding as a Funeral, c.1951
13 X 10 1/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1951

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

From Wedding as a Funeral, c.1951
6 1/8 X 10 3/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1951

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

From Wedding as a Funeral, 1951
11 X 8 3/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1951

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

From Wedding as a Funeral, c.1951
11 1/4 X 10 1/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1951

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Jean, c.1948
4 X 6 1/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1948

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Sunday Morning, The Cloisters, c.1947
4 X 5 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1947

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Untitled, 1950's
4 X 13 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1950's

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Untitled, 1950s
10 1/4 X 3 3/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1950s

Saul Leiter - Howard Greenberg Gallery - Early Black and White - 2014

Untitled, 1950s
4 1/4 X 10 1/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1950s

Press Release

Saul Leiter will be presented by Howard Greenberg Gallery from September 18 – October 25, 2014. The exhibition represents the first solo show of the artist’s early black and white photography from the 1940s and 50s, and will focus on more than 40 images including many unique prints that have never before been exhibited. The exhibition coincides with the publication of Saul Leiter: Early Black and White, a two-volume monograph published by Steidl / Howard Greenberg Library, a new imprint at Steidl. With text by Max Kozolff and an additional essay by Jane Livingston, the volumes show the impressive range of Leiter’s early photography. In No Great Hurry: 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter, a documentary film directed by Tomas Leach, was released in 2013 to critical acclaim. More than 40 images including many unique prints that have never before been exhibited.