biography of William KLEIN (1928-2022)

Personal data


Birth : 1928 - New York NY New York, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States

Address

Paris Île-de-France, France

Representatives

Howard Greenberg Gallery – 41 east 57 str. – New York NY, United States

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting :
Photography :

Subject

documentation
fashion
urbanism
violence

Works

Qui êtes-vous, Polly Magoo ?
Date of creation : 1966
Medium : Film
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2002

William Klein : Paris
MEP Maison Européenne de la Photographie – Paris, France
04/17/2002 – 09/01/2002

1999

Jane Jackson Gallery – Atlanta GA, United States
1999

1997

Deichtorhallen – Hamburg, Germany
1997

1996

Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
1996

MEP Maison Européenne de la Photographie – Paris, France
1996

1995

SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
1995

1994

ICP International Center of Photography – New York NY, United States
1994

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2006

Paris Photo n°10
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2006 – 11/19/2006
Represented by : Fifty One fine Art Photography – Zirkstraat 20 – Antwerp, Belgium

2005

Paris Photo n°9
Paris, France
11/17/2005 – 11/20/2005
Represented by : Howard Greenberg Gallery – 41 east 57 str. – New York NY, United States

2003

Paris Photo, n°7
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/13/2003 – 11/16/2003
Represented by : Galerie Le Réverbère – 38 rue Burdeau – Lyon, France

2002

Paris Photo, n°6
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/14/2002 – 11/17/2002

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Hamiltons Gallery – 13 Carlos Place – London, United Kingdom

2001

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 8
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Photo & Contemporary – Via dei Mille 36 – Turin TO, Italy

Paris Photo, n°5
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Bernard Dudoignon Photographies – 133 rue de Charonne – Paris, France

AIPAD Photography Show
New York NY, United States
02/16/2001 – 02/18/2001
Represented by : Fahey / Klein Gallery – 148 North La Brea Avenue – Los Angeles CA, United States

Photo L.A The 10th Los Angeles Photographic Print Exposition
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium – Santa Monica CA, United States
01/18/2001 – 01/21/2001
Represented by : Howard Greenberg Gallery – 41 east 57 str. – New York NY, United States

2000

photo L.A. 2000 – 9th Los Angeles Photographic Print Exposition
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium – Santa Monica CA, United States
01/20/2000 – 01/23/2000
Represented by : Howard Greenberg Gallery – 41 east 57 str. – New York NY, United States


Group exhibitions

2006

Fot-o-graphies
Galerie Le Réverbère – Lyon, France
10/20/2006 – 12/29/2006

2003

Fin des Histoires ?
Chambéry, France
11/07/2003 – 02/09/2004

Exposition vente, André Breton, 42 rue Fontaine
Calmels Cohen – Drouot Richelieu – Paris, France
04/01/2003 – 04/18/2003

2002

Sans commune mesure
Le Fresnoy Studio national des Arts Contemporains – Tourcoing, France
09/22/2002 – 12/01/2002

La Fotografia tra Storia e Poesia: La Collezione Fotografica della FNAC
Fondazione Italiana per la Fotografia – Turin TO, Italy
05/23/2002 – 07/28/2002

Oeil pour Oeil : figures de l’art contemporain dans les collections privées de Lyon
Le Rectangle – Centre d’art de la Ville de Lyon – Lyon, France
04/26/2002 – 08/04/2002

Des hommes dans la ville
Musée Malraux – Le Havre, France
03/08/2002 – 05/13/2002

The Life of the City
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
02/28/2002 – 05/21/2002

2001

Open City: Street Photographs since 1950
MOMA Museum of Modern Art – Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
05/06/2001 – 07/15/2001

Bibliography (Selected)


By the artist


Books

1956

New York
Paris, France
1956


On the artist


Periodicals

2003

TARIANT Eric – Paris Photo
in: Beaux Arts Magazine n° 234 p. 140
Paris, France
11/2003

2002

DE LA FORTERIE Maud – Klein d’oeil
in: Art Actuel n° 20 p. 24
Paris, France
05/2002-06/2002

Legals