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Lot 14: Harlem Merchant, New York, 1937

Est: $7,000 USD - $9,000 USDSold:
Christie'sNew York, NY, USOctober 17, 2007

Item Overview

Description

MORRIS ENGEL (1918-2005)
Harlem Merchant, New York, 1937
gelatin silver print
credit in unknown hand in pencil (on verso)
9¾ x 12in. (24.7 x 30.5 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Notes

One day at the Photo League, I met a friend who had a Rolleiflex and I asked to borrow it. I was working in Harlem at the time for the Feature Group, and the very first day with that camera I took one of the best pictures I've ever made, called Harlem Merchant . - Morris Engel



Auction Details

Important Photographs From a Private American Collection

by
Christie's
October 17, 2007, 12:00 PM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US