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2103R

Helen Levitt

1918 – New York – 2009

"N.Y.“ (Children with masks). Circa 1942

Later gelatin silver print. 21,6 × 31,2 cm (27,6 × 37,3 cm) (8 ½ × 12 ¼ in. (10 ⅞ × 14 ⅝ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Helen Levitt.

Estimate:

EUR 3,000

 

- 4,000

USD 3,300

 

- 4,400

Sold for:

3,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn 2019

Photography, Wednesday, 27.11.2019

Information

Later gelatin silver print. 21,6 × 31,2 cm (27,6 × 37,3 cm) (8 ½ × 12 ¼ in. (10 ⅞ × 14 ⅝ in.)). Signed, dated and titled in pencil on the reverse. Numbered in pencil by various hands.

Formerly Charles Schwartz Ltd, New York

Exh. cat.: The New Vision. Photography between the World Wars. The Ford Motor Company Collection. New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1990, pl. 28 (there titled and dated: Three Kids on a Stoop, 1940) / Therese Mulligan and David Wooters (ed.): Geschichte der Photographie. 1839 bis heute. George Eastman House Rochester, New York, Cologne 2005, p. 616 (there dated: 1939) / exh. cat.: Helen Levitt. Vienna, Albertina, 2018/19, p. 84–85 (there titled and dated: New York, 1940)

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