New York: Life is Good and Good For You in New York. Trance Witness Revels

KLEIN, William.

New York: Life is Good and Good For You in New York. Trance Witness Revels

Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1956.

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First edition. Octavo, original black cloth. Fine in an excellent dust jacket that shows very light wear. Signed by the photographer “Happy New York, William Klein” With the 16pp caption booklet laid in is also signed by the photographer. New York is a quintessential monument to the American cultural scene of the 1950’s in that, like the other art forms of that era, it is supremely about process…New York is the upside to Frank’s downside, much slicker, but none the worse for that. Klein’s masterpiece reminds us that much great, serious art is often about play, achieved simply by experimenting with the possibilities of the material (Parr & Badger, Photobook I, pp 243) Roth 101.

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