Klein, William
American (1928-)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Gun 2, near the Bowery, New York
PUBLISHED TITLE: Near the Bowery

1955 / print 1985
gelatin silver print
23.4 x 34.6 cm.
Museum Purchase: Lila Acheson Wallace Fund
GEH NEG: 40331
85:1058:0003

NON-GEH NUMBER: WK 13923

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Klein, William. --Life is Good for you in New York.-- London: Photography Magazine, 1956. p. 34.//
Lifson, Ben. "William Klein's Arresting Developments.", --Village Voice--, 1980 December 10-16. p. 106.//
Klein, William. --William Klein: Photographs, Etc.-- Millerton: Aperture, 1981. p. 54-55.//
Green, Johnathan. --American Photography: A Critical History 1945 to the Present.-- New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1984. p. 216.//
Hirsch, Robert. --Seizing the Light: A History of Photography.-- New York: McGraw Hill, 1999. p. 358.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 656.//

Galerie Municipale du Chateau D'eau. --William Klein.-- Toulouse: Galerie Municipale du Chateau D'eau, 1982, unp.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"75 Years of Leica Photography", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - South Gallery, November 10, 1989 - January 7, 1990.//
"Street Engagements: Social Landscape Photography of the Sixties", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - South Gallery, November 2 - December 9, 1990.//

INSCRIPTION: verso-(handwritten in pencil) "gun 2 (near Bowery) New York 1955" "WK 13923" (signed) "William Klein 1985"

copyright, William Klein

NOTES: Titled "January 2 (near Bowery)" on invoice from Zabriskie Gallery. Alternate title from --William Klein: Photographs, Etc.--. Catalogued 8/85, DZ, updated 6/90, MMC.// Dated "1954" in --American Photography--.

SUBJECTS:
people, at play
artifact, toy gun