Artist
William Klein French, born United States, 1926–2022
CultureAmerican
Titles
- New York
Date1955
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 7/8 × 14 3/16 in. (27.6 × 36 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 14 3/16 in. (27.6 × 36 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 14 3/16 in. (27.6 × 36 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1453
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Bought by Manfred Heiting from Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, 10/6/1989.
Exhibition History"New York, New York: Photographs from the Manfred Heiting Collection," Museum of Fine Arts Houston, October 8–March 9, 2003.
"Street Seen: The Psychological Gesture in American Photography, 1940–1960," Milwaukee Art Museum, January 30–April 25, 2010.
“Made for Magazines: Iconic 20th-Century Photographs,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 9–May 4, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso upper left in pencil: 6/2 / B 53 cm / H 38 cm / 14/161[circled[ / NEW YORK / 318[circled] / Jun 2, New York 1955(vintage); lower left in pencil: BKV-132-6; lower center: KLEV 209-01
verso lower right in pencil
verso lower center a stamp in red: william klein / 9 rue falguière, paris / ség. 51-34
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Unknown Central and South American
900–200 BC
Spondylus shell with mother of pearl and stone inlays
2010.899.1,.2
