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Collectors' List 126 2007

111 Willy Kessels (Belgian, 1898-1974). [Reclining Nude], c1930s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, photographer's blind stamp on image lower right, photographer's stamp verso, 16.9 x 23.3cm. Minor chips to edges.
$5,000
112 William Klein (American, b.1926)
Hat + 5 Roses, Paris [Vogue], 1958/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in pencil verso, 44.3 x 30.4cm.
Klein started out as a sculptor in New York and went to Paris to work for Fernand Leger. His interest in photography grew when he started to photograph his sculpture, and in 1954 he commenced a long career as a fashion photographer for Vogue.
$5,900
113 William Klein (American, b.1926)
Smoke + Veil, Paris [Vogue], 1958/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in pencil verso, 45.1 x 31.6cm.
Klein started out as a sculptor in New York and went to Paris to work for Fernand Leger. His interest in photography grew when he started to photograph his sculpture, and in 1954 he commenced a long career as a fashion photographer for Vogue magazine.
$5,900
114 William Klein (American, b.1926)
Bikini, Moscow, 1959/1979. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated (twice) and signed in pencil verso, 25.9 x 35.4cm.
Klein started out as a sculptor in New York and went to Paris to work for Fernand Leger. His interest in photography grew when he started to photograph his sculpture, and in 1954 he commenced a long career as a fashion photographer for Vogue magazine.
$4,400
115 William Klein (American, b.1926)
Simone + Nina, Piazza Di Spagna, Rome [Vogue], 1960/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in pencil verso, 45.2 x 33.7cm.
Klein started out as a sculptor in New York and went to Paris to work for Fernand Leger. His interest in photography grew when he started to photograph his sculpture, and in 1954 he commenced a long career as a fashion photographer for Vogue magazine.
$5,900
116 William Klein (American, b.1926)
Benedetta Barzini, Paris, 1963/later printing. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in pencil verso, 35.3 x 42.7cm.
Klein started out as a sculptor in New York and went to Paris to work for Fernand Leger. His interest in photography grew when he started to photograph his sculpture, and in 1954 he commenced a long career as a fashion photographer for Vogue magazine.
$4,900
117 Laurence Le Guay (Australian, 1917-1990)
New Guinea Couple, c1955. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotations in in French and English in various hands, including photographer's name and "New Guinea", and French exhibition and credit line stamp verso, 24.3 x 20cm. Cracks to lower right corner of image and margins.
This image was included in the touring exhibition The Family of Man, created for MoMA in 1955 by Edward Steichen. The exhibition included 503 photographs from 68 countries. Originally, Le Guay was commissioned by Sir Edward Halstrom, director of Taronga Park Zoo, to take photographs in New Guinea. Illustrated in Edward Steichen, The Family of Man, MoMA, NY, 1955, p8.
$5,500
118 Laurence Le Guay (Australian, 1917-1990)
[Nude With Crossed Arms], c1970s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, photographer's estate stamp verso, 50.9 x 40.4cm. Handling creases to upper centre and edges, chips and cockling to edges of image.
$1,650
119 Joel D. Levinson (American, b.1950)
Untitled 50, 1975. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated "from the 'CFM' series [California Flea Markets]", titled, dated and signed in pencil verso, 37.5 x 34.7cm.
Illustrated on the cover of Levinson, Fleamarkets, 1983.
$4,950
120 Joel D. Levinson (American, b.1950)
Untitled 17, 1975. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated "from the 'CFM' series [California Flea Markets]" titled, dated and signed in pencil verso, 35.5 x 38cm.
Illustrated in Levinson, Fleamarkets, 1983 and Joel D. Levinson Photographs, 1984.
$4,950
121 Joel D. Levinson (American, b.1950)
Untitled 47, 1976. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated "from the 'CFM' series [California Flea Markets]" titled, dated and signed in pencil verso, 23.5 x 45.8cm.
Illustrated in Levinson, Fleamarkets, 1983.
$3,300
122 Joel D. Levinson (American, b.1950)
Untitled 34, 1976. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated "from the 'CFM' series [California Flea Markets]" titled, dated and signed in pencil verso, 31.3 x 42.6cm.
Illustrated in Levinson, Fleamarkets, 1983 and Joel D. Levinson Photographs, 1984.
$3,300
123 Joel D. Levinson (American, b.1950)
Fractions, 1979. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in pencil verso, 35.5 x 42.3cm.
Illustrated on the cover of Levinson, Joel D. Levinson Photographs, 1984.
$4,950