Erich Lessing
Austrian, 1923-2018
Affluences in Europe: with the new wave of prosperity, trade or luxury items flourish. Record sales are soaring, despite their relatively high price. This big store on the Champs Elysees is open seven days a week, late into the night, and is crowded with customers all the time, Paris
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Erich Lessing
Austrian, 1923-20181961
Affluences in Europe: with the new wave of prosperity, trade or luxury items flourish. Record sales are soaring, despite their relatively high price. This big store on the Champs Elysees is open seven days a week, late into the night, and is crowded with customers all the time, Paris
Erich Lessing Austrian, 1923-2018 →photographyphotograph
Date
1961
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 15.9 × 24.8 cm (6 1/4 × 9 3/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Jill M. Garling and Thomas J. Wilson
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