Helen Levitt
New York
Lot #175 |
2023-05-02 |
Sotheby's, New York
Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation Sold to Benefit Charitable Organizations Day Sale
Category:
Drawing
Estimate:
USD 12,000 - 18,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N11321
Auction name: Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation Sold to Benefit Charitable Organizations Day Sale
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2023-05-02
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Photography
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 7Ā¼ by 8 in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
18.4
Width In Centimeters:
20.3
Height In Inches:
7.25
Width In Inches:
8
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Provenance
Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, 26 April 2006, Sale 040106, Lot 260,Ā Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, as agent
Literature
James Agee, Helen Levitt: A Way of Seeing (Durham,Ā 2019Ā edition of the 1963 original), pl. 49 Sandra S. Phillips and Maria Morris Hambourg, Helen Levitt (San Francisco, 1991), p. 44
Catalog summary
Helen Levitt 1918 - 2009 New York gelatin silver print, mounted, signed, dated, and annotated 'N. Y. C.' in pencil on the reverse, framed, a Fraenkel Gallery label on the reverse, 1939 image: 7Ā¼ by 8 in. (18.4 by 20.3 cm.) frame: 18Ā½ by 15Ā½ in. (47 by 39.4 cm.) Provenance Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, 26 April 2006, Sale 040106, Lot 260,Ā Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, as agent Literature James Agee, Helen Levitt: A Way of Seeing (Durham,Ā 2019Ā edition of the 1963 original), pl. 49 Sandra S. Phillips and Maria Morris Hambourg, Helen Levitt (San Francisco, 1991), p. 44