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Lot 22 · Chinese and Japanese Export Silver Online: Property from the Collection of Myrna and Bernard Posner

Smoke and Veil, Paris, 1958 ( Vogue )

William Klein · gelatin silver print

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Estimate
$40,000–$60,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Chinese and Japanese Export Silver Online: Property from the Collection of Myrna and Bernard Posner , New York · 25 April 2006
Dimensions
19½ x 15 5/8in. (49.5 x 39.7cm.)
Record ID
TB-2026-3701740
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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William Klein, Smoke and Veil, Paris, 1958 ( Vogue ). Christie's, 25 Apr 2006, lot 22. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3701740.

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From the same sale Chinese and Japanese Export Silver Online: Property from the Collection of Myrna and Bernard Posner · Apr 2006

LotArtistEstimateResult
Mark of Wen Wei Ji, Canton and Possibly Hong Kong, Retailed by Wang H… A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER COMPOTE $2,000–$3,000
Early 20Th Century A JAPANESE EXPORT SILVER AND PARCEL-GILT VASE $2,000–$3,000
Camera Work, An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine devoted to Photography… ALFRED STIEGLITZ, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER (1864-1946) $120,000–$180,000
Priest, no. 1, 2000 TORBJORN RODLAND (b. 1970) $1,500–$2,000
New York, 1999 BARCLAY HUGHES (b. 1971) $5,000–$7,000
Selected images from Museum Camouflage , 1998 HARVEY OPGENORTH (b. 1977) $3,000–$5,000

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