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WILLIAM KLEIN (B. 1928)
Lot 66

WILLIAM KLEIN (B. 1928)

William Klein: New York 54/55, 1954-1955

Closed6 April 2021

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WILLIAM KLEIN (B. 1928)
William Klein: New York 54/55, 1954-1955
Paris: Atelier J. M. Bustamante/ Bernard Saint-Genès, 1978. Portfolio of twelve gelatin silver prints; each signed and numbered 'EA VIII' 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 'EA VIII' in pencil; this portfolio is épreuve d'artiste number eight of ten aside from an edition of fifty; contained in black linen embossed clamshell box with stamped title.

Christie's New York, April 8, 1998, lot 334;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner, 1998.

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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