Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program
Helen Levitt
N. Y. (Spanish Harlem)
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October 21, 06:46 PM GMT
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5,000 - 7,000 USD
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500 USD
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Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program
Helen Levitt
1913 - 2009
N. Y. (Spanish Harlem)
signed, titled 'N. Y.' and annotated with a star shape in pencil (on the reverse of the mount); a The Museum of Modern Art Collection label (on the reverse of the mat)
gelatin silver print, mounted
7¼ by 6 in.
18.4 by 15.2 cm.
Executed in 1941, printed no later than 1967.
Please note that this lot will not be on view during the sale exhibition. It is located at our Long Island City, New York storage facility. If you would like to examine it in person before the sale please contact Natalie Alford at Natalie.Alford@sothebys.com.
Gift of the artist in memory of Ben Schultz, former picture editor of Time-Life Books, in 1967 to the present owner
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Ben Schultz Memorial Exhibition, February - March 1968
Helen Levitt, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1991, pl. 44, illustrated
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