Photo © Bonhams — view this lot on Bonhams ↗New York (Three Boys with Toy Guns), c. 1940
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New York (two children dancing)
Helen Levitt (American, 1913–2009) · circa 1940
$8,750 price realized incl. premium
≈ £6,881≈ €7,805
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print, printed later”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 12 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (31.8 x 21.9 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs Evening & Day (NY040216)
- Date
- October 5, 2016
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 32
- Estimate
- $4,000 – $6,000 (≈ £3,145 – £4,718) (≈ €3,568 – €5,352)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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