Start price: € 2,800

Estimate: € 4,000–5,000

Start price: RMB 22,000

Estimate: RMB 30,000–38,000

Size: 24 x 34.5 cm

Gelatin silver print, printed in 1982 on double-weight semi-matte paper 30 x 40 cm, in excellent condition. Signed, dated (print date), annotated by the photographer in pencil and photographer's stamp on the reverse. LITERATURE William Klein: ABC, London 2012, p. 42-43; William Klein, Photo Poche, Paris 1985, plate 30.

After New York (1956) and Rome (1959), Moscow became the third city to which William Klein dedicated a city portrait. "At the time, I wanted to make a book on Moscow, and, as an American during the Cold War, I thought I'd encounter some problems. I was wrong, I never ran into any trouble. People were not used to seeing someone with a camera walking amongst them," the photographer recalls. His photographs in the then capital of the USSR show his radical spontaneity, his preference for unusual cropping and composition, deliberate blurring and interactions with the subjects.

明胶银盐照片，1982年印制，双重重量半哑光纸，30 x 40 厘米，状况极佳。摄影师在背面用铅笔签名、注明日期（印制日期）、注释并盖有摄影师印章。 文献：William Klein: ABC, 伦敦 2012, 第42-43页；William Klein, Photo Poche, 巴黎 1985, 第30页。继《纽约》（1956年）和《罗马》（1959年）之后，莫斯科成为威廉·克莱因献给的第三座城市肖像。“当时，我想制作一本关于莫斯科的书，作为冷战时期的美国人，我以为会遇到一些问题。我错了，我从未遇到任何麻烦。人们不习惯看到有人带着相机在他们中间行走，”摄影师回忆道。他在当时苏联首都拍摄的照片展示了他对瞬间迸发的灵感的捕捉、对不寻常裁剪和构图的偏好、对拍摄对象故意的模糊以及与拍摄对象的互动。