WILLIAM KLEIN (B. 1928)

William Klein: New York 54/55

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WILLIAM KLEIN (B. 1928)
William Klein: New York 54/55
Paris: Atelier J. M. Bustamante/ Bernard Saint-Genès, 1978. Portfolio of twelve gelatin silver prints; each signed and numbered '9' in pencil and eleven also with portfolio title in pencil (verso); each image approximately 8 x 12 in. (20.4 x 30.5 cm.) or inverse; each sheet 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.7 cm.) or inverse; together with title page, plate list, introduction by Alain Jouffroy and colophon signed and numbered '9' in pencil; number nine from an edition of fifty plus ten artist's proofs; contained in black cloth embossed clamshell box with stamped title.

Provenance

Christie's, New York, October 30, 1989 lot 371;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.

Lot Essay

The titles are as follows:

Dance in Brooklyn, September 1954
Spanish Harlem, September 1954
Upper Broadway, October 1954
57th Street, November 1954
Horn & Hardart's, November 1954
5th Avenue, November 1954
Xmas, Macy's, December 1954
First Avenue, January 1955
Near the docks, January 1955
Sweeney's, 3rd Avenue, February 1955
St. Patrick's Day, March 1955
Elsa Maxwell's Toy Ball, March 1955

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