Photo © Everard Auctions & Appraisals — view this lot on Everard Auctions & Appraisals ↗Untitled (Girl with Gun), 1940
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Everard Auctions & Appraisals · Feb 25, 2026$1,800 ≈ £1,331 ≈ €1,527Sign up free to see price
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N.Y.C.
Helen Levitt (American, 1913–2009) · 1940
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print, printed later”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 28.2 x 36 cm (11 1/8 x 14 1/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs (UK040219)
- Date
- October 25, 2019
- Location
- London
- Lot
- 78
- Estimate
- £3,000 – £5,000 (≈ $3,848 – $6,413) (≈ €3,464 – €5,774)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗N.Y.C. (kids fighting over door), circa 1940
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Photo © Bonhams — view this lot on Bonhams ↗New York (Boy Lifting Skirt), c. 1942
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Lempertz · Jun 5, 2026€1,905 ≈ $2,217 ≈ £1,647Sign up free to see price
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Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Museo del Prado 3, Madrid, 2005
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