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Professor Jean Bernard, Académie Française, Paris
1989 · gelatin silver print
Image: 31 x 45.2 cm (12 3/16 x 17 13/16 in.); Paper: 39.3 x 50.6 cm (15 1/2 x 19 15/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)
Cleveland Museum of Art
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William Klein
American-French, 1928
New York, NY, USA
PhotographyPop ArtPhotography
Representation
None documented
4
Institutional Exhibitions
77
Works in Collection
136
Assets Indexed
4
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
Profile Completeness
Cultural Positioning
Movements
- • Pop Art
- • Photography
Related Artists
No edges recorded
Influence Graph
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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William Klein
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1980–1981
No image
Reinstallation of the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1980
No image
Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979
No image
The Photographer's Eye
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964
About
Why this artist matters now
No biography available for William Klein yet.
Graph relationships
Taste overlap and adjacency
Movement
Pop Art
Medium
Photography
Related Artists
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Institutional
Museum Collections
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Artworks (77)
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Alfred Stieglitz
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Steven Shearer
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Movements and affiliations
Institutional
Representation & Collections
In collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
Whitney Museum of American Art
In collection
Rijksmuseum
Market
Auction sale history
Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction
Market
Auction History
Range: $6,930 – $63,000
| Work | Auction House | Date | Estimate | Hammer Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christie's | Apr 2026 | $10,000 – $15,000 | $25,400 | |
| Christie's | Sep 2025 | $10,000 – $15,000 | $10,160 | |
| Christie's | Apr 2025 | $5,000 – $7,000 | $6,930 | |
| Christie's | Feb 2024 | $30,000 – $50,000 | $63,000 | |
| Christie's | Feb 2024 | $10,000 – $15,000 | $9,450 | |
| Christie's | Oct 2023 | €8,000 – €12,000 | €16,380 | |
| Christie's | May 2023 | €12,000 – €18,000 | €17,640 | |
| Christie's | Mar 2023 | $9,000 – $12,000 | $16,380 | |
| Christie's | Oct 2022 | €6,000 – €8,000 | €16,380 | |
| Christie's | Oct 2022 | €10,000 – €15,000 | €27,720 |
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