William Klein - Photographs New York Friday, April 5, 2024 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Directly from the artist, 1970s
    Private Collection, Switzerland

  • Literature

    Klein,William Klein New York 1954-55, for all
    Aperture, William Klein: Photographs, New York, cover, pl. 26–27
    Caujolle, William Klein, exh. cat., Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, 1985, pl. 5
    Kozloff, William Klein: Life is Good & Good for You in New York: Trance Witness Revels, pp. 178–79
    Tate Publishing, William Klein: ABC, cover, pp. 26-27

  • Catalogue Essay

    Titles Include:

    Dance in Brooklyn, 1954
    Spanish Harlem, 1954
    Upper Broadway, 1954
    57th Street, 1954
    Horn & Hardart’s, 1954
    5th Avenue, 1954
    Xmas Macy’s, 1954
    First Avenue, 1955
    Near the docks, 1955
    Sweeney’s, 3rd Avenue, 1955
    St Patrick’s Day, 1955
    Elsa Maxwell’s Toy Ball, 1955

410

New York 54/55

1954-1955
Paris: Atelier J.M. Bustamante-Bernard Saint-Genes, 1978. Twelve gelatin silver prints.
Each 8 x 12 in. (20.3 x 30.5 cm) or the reverse
Each signed, numbered 'No. 1', and annotated 'Portfolio NY 1954-55' in pencil on the verso; each additionally titled in pencil on the mat. Signed and numbered '1' in pencil on the colophon. This portfolio is number 1 from an edition of 50 and 10 artist's proofs. Enclosed in the black cloth clamshell box with stamped title.

Estimate
$15,000 - 20,000 

Sold for $24,130

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Photographs

New York Auction 5 April 2024