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2024

Helen Levitt

1918 – New York – 2009

”N.Y.”. Circa 1942

Gelatin silver print, printed later, toned. Agfa paper. 19 × 28,7 cm (27,4 × 35,2 cm) (7 ½ × 11 ¼ in. (10 ¾ × 13 ⅞ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Helen Levitt. ”N.Y.”. Circa 1942.

Estimate:

EUR 2,500

 

- 3,500

USD 2,780

 

- 3,890

Sold for:

2,250 EUR (incl. premium)

Summer Auctions 2022

Photography, Wednesday, 01.06.2022

Information

Gelatin silver print, printed later, toned. Agfa paper. 19 × 28,7 cm (27,4 × 35,2 cm) (7 ½ × 11 ¼ in. (10 ¾ × 13 ⅞ in.)). Signed, dated, titled and annotated in pencil on the reverse as well as numbered in pencil by various persons. Framed

Exh. cat.: Helen Levitt. San Francisco, Museum of Modern Art; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Washington D.C. among others, 1991/94, pl. 23 / Helen Levitt: Crosstown. New York 2001, p. 85 (there dated: 1936-1948) / exh. cat.: Spectrum - internationaler Preis für Fotografie der Stiftung Niedersachsen 2008. Helen Levitt. Hannover, Sprengel-Museum, 2008, p. 29 / exh. cat.: Helen Levitt. Vienna, Albertina, 2018/19, p. 122-123 and p. 125 (there contact strips, titled and dated: New York, 1945) / Helen Levitt. London 2021, pl. 28 (there titled and dated: New York, c. 1940)

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