
Helen Levitt (1913-2009) New York (Boy Lifting Skirt), 1942 Gelatin silver print, printed later; signed, dated, and annotated 'n.y.' in pencil on the reverse. 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. (15.6 x 23.5 cm.) sheet 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm.) Footnotes: Provenance Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco; Acquired from the above by the present owners in 1990. Literature A Way of Seeing (New York, 1965), pl. 27; Peter Weiermair, ed., Helen Levitt (Munich, 1998), p. 47; Crosstown: Photographs by Helen Levitt (New York, 2001), p. 72. Note Prints of this image are in the collections of the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (2013.45.7), The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (95.41.37), and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (2000.112.1). Lot to be sold without reserve. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Unless indicated by the ¤ symbol next to the lot number (or bearing an explicit statement such as 'No Reserve' or 'Without Reserve'), which denotes no reserve, all lots in the catalog are subject to a reserve. The reserve is the minimum hammer price that the seller is willing to accept for a lot. This amount is confidential and does not exceed the low estimate value. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing






















