Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Smoke + Veil, Paris (Vogue), 1958
Photograph
Phillips · Nov 21, 2024£21,590 ≈ $27,290 ≈ €25,926Sign up free to see price
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Blurred squares, Paris
William Klein (American, 1926–2022) · 1953
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate £5,000 – £7,000 (≈ $7,062 – $9,887) (≈ €5,787 – €8,102)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print, mounted, printed 2012”
- Edition
- 1/15
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 74.5 x 96 cm (29 3/8 x 37 3/4 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs (UK040121)
- Date
- May 20, 2021
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 49
- Estimate
- £5,000 – £7,000 (≈ $7,062 – $9,887) (≈ €5,787 – €8,102)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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