Lot 412
  • 412

William Klein

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • William Klein
  • 'SCHOOL OUT, DAKAR'
  • Gelatin silver print with enamel paint
a unique object, flush-mounted, with red and black enamel paint on the image, signed, titled, and dated in pencil on the reverse, framed, Buhl Collection and Guggenheim Museum exhibition labels on the reverse, 1963, printed and painted circa 1995

Provenance

Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, 1996

Exhibited

New York, Guggenheim Museum, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection, June - September 2004, and 4 other international venues through 2007 (see Appendix 1)

Literature

Jennifer Blessing, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection (Guggenheim Foundation, 2004), pp. 197 and 226 (this print)

Condition

This print is in generally very good condition. The edges are rubbed, and the corners are bumped. In the lower right corner, there are faint gray deposits, possibly from tape adhesive. In raking light, a few faint scratches not breaking the emulsion are visible on the center and left images. The reverse of the flush-mount is soiled.
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