Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Smoke + Veil, Paris (Vogue), 1958
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Atom Bomb Sky, New York
William Klein (American, 1926–2022) · 1955
$12,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ £9,444≈ €10,636
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print, printed 2014”
- Edition
- 25/30
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed in ink
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 27 3/4 x 41 1/4 in. (70.5 x 104.8 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs (NY040417)
- Date
- October 3, 2017
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 250
- Estimate
- $10,000 – $15,000 (≈ £7,555 – £11,333) (≈ €8,508 – €12,763)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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