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Louis Stettner, American 1922-2016, Mr. Supercool, Brooklyn, New York, Photograph
Louis Stettner, American 1922-2016, Mr. Supercool, Brooklyn, New York, Photograph
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$1,000 -
$1,300
Multi-Estates Spring 2025 Auction
May 31, 2025 11:00 AM EDT
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New York, NY, US
Description:
Louis Stettner
American, 1922-2016
Mr. Supercool, Brooklyn, New York
Photograph
Approximate Page size: 19.5" H x 14.75" W
Approximate Image size: 17.25" H x 11.5" W
Approximate Frame size: 25.5" H x 19.25" W
From the private collection of a New York City Financial Firm.
Frame in as is condition.
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Louis Stettner (November 7, 1922 – October 13, 2016) was an American photographer of the 20th century whose work included streetscapes, portraits and architectural images of New York and Paris. His work has been highly regarded because of its humanity and capturing the life and reality of the people and streets. Starting in 1947, Stettner photographed the changes in the people, culture, and architecture of both cities. He continued to photograph New York and Paris up until his death.
Louis Stettner's works are posthumously managed by the Louis Stettner Estate.
Louis Stettner was born in Brooklyn, New York, where he was one of four children. His father was a cabinet maker, and Louis learned the trade when young, using the money he earned to support his growing love of photography. He was given a box camera as a child, and his love affair with photography began.His family went on trips to Manhattan and visited museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where his love of art began.
At 18, in 1940, Stettner enlisted in the United States army and became a combat photographer in Europe for the Signal Corps. After a brief stint in Europe he was sent to New Guinea, the Philippines, and Japan. Back from the war he joined the Photo League in New York. Stettner visited Paris in 1946 and in 1947 moved there. From 1947 to 1949 he studied at the "Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques" in Paris and received a Bachelor of Arts in Photography & Cinema. He went back and forth between New York and Paris for almost two decades and finally settled permanently in Saint-Ouen, near Paris, in 1990. Stettner still frequently returned to New York.
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