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N.Y.C. (children with broken mirror)
Helen Levitt (American, 1913–2009) · 1940
$5,040 price realized incl. premium
≈ £3,831≈ €4,530
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print, printed later”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated in pencil on the verso
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 11 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. (29.2 x 20 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- New York State of Mind: Photographs Online Auction (NY040422)
- Date
- March 30, 2022
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 14
- Estimate
- $4,000 – $6,000 (≈ £3,040 – £4,560) (≈ €3,595 – €5,393)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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