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LEVITT, HELEN (1913-2009)
Taxi, New York City. Silver print, 10
3
/
8
x6
7
/
8
inches (26.4x17.5 cm.), with Levitt’s signature,
the notation N.Y., and the date, in pencil, on
verso. 1982; printed before 1999
[4,000/6,000]
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SHUSTACK, LAWRENCE
(1926-2003)
An archive of 145 photographs documenting
New York City, including downtown
bohemian life, a young couple in a sparse
apartment, youths in a fun house mirrored
room, interiors, portraits, graffiti, street scenes,
and a couple that may be self-portraits
(including one man with a camera); also with
a series of fish-eye nude and floral studies
exploring abstracted poses and detailed shots;
the group also includes contact sheets. Silver
prints, many approximately 8x10 inches
(20.3x25.4 cm.), and some smaller, and the
reverse, more than 30 with Shustack’s Larence
Shustak 45 Cottage Place Staten Island hand
stamp, and many with the exposure notations,
in pencil, on verso. 1970s
[2,500/3,500]
WITH
—
A group of corresponding negatives in
glassine sleeves.
Shustack, a downtown chronicler, shared his
darkroom with Robert Frank.
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