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New York, c.1942
Details
HELEN LEVITT (b.1918)
New York, c.1942
gelatin silver print
signed twice, titled 'N.Y.' and dated in pencil/ink on reverse of mount
6 7/8 x 9¼in. (17.5 x 23.3cm.)
New York, c.1942
gelatin silver print
signed twice, titled 'N.Y.' and dated in pencil/ink on reverse of mount
6 7/8 x 9¼in. (17.5 x 23.3cm.)
Provenance
From the artist;
with Laurence Miller Gallery, New York;
to the Thomas Walther Collection, 1987;
Christie's, New York, 5 April 1995, lot 38;
with Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York;
acquired by present owner.
This rare vintage print of Levitt's iconic image was part of a selection of works from the Thomas Walther Collection which was sold at Christie's in 1995. Mr Walther's enduring passion for those images which he deems 'an affirmation of life through the more or less unusual grasp of the moment'1 led him to re-acquire this print from Howard Greenberg Gallery.
with Laurence Miller Gallery, New York;
to the Thomas Walther Collection, 1987;
Christie's, New York, 5 April 1995, lot 38;
with Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York;
acquired by present owner.
This rare vintage print of Levitt's iconic image was part of a selection of works from the Thomas Walther Collection which was sold at Christie's in 1995. Mr Walther's enduring passion for those images which he deems 'an affirmation of life through the more or less unusual grasp of the moment'
Literature
Levitt, A Way of Seeing, Duke University, 1989, pl.7; Hambourg & Phillips, The New Vision: Photography Between the World Wars, Ford Motor Company Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989, pl.28, there titled 'Three Kids on a Stoop' and dated '1940'; Frizot (ed.), The New History of Photography, Könemann, 1998, p.648, there dated '1939'; Westerbeck & Meyerowitz, Bystander: A History of Street Photography, Little, Brown & Co., 2001, p.265; 1000 Photo Icons: George Eastman House, Taschen, 2002, p.616.
Special Notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium