
Anna Wintour, Council of Fashion Designers of America, February 1991
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1991
10 x 8 in.
$7,500
Bruce Silverstein Gallery is pleased to announce its first exhibition of works by the photographer Bill Cunningham. Featuring over 80 unique vintage photographs spanning five decades, Bill Cunningham | New York, New York is not just a chronicle of fashion trends from the street to the elite, but a testimony of life in the great metropolis that poignantly bears little resemblance to the city of today, having been an epicenter of a global crisis. During this period of profound isolation and reflection, this exhibition serves as more than a historical document of the rich vitality of New York but as a beacon of hope; a reminder of a life that once was, and will surely return.
Anna Wintour, Council of Fashion Designers of America, February 1991
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1991
10 x 8 in.
$7,500
The Legs of Bendel's President and Vice President, 1979
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1979
8 x 10 in.
$6,500
Untitled, New York City, September 2, 1981
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1981
8 x 10 in.
$6,000
Untitled, New York City, 1979-1981
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1979-1981
10 x 8 in.
$6,000
Untitled, New York City, c. 1980s
Gelatin silver print flush-mounted to board, printed c. 1980s
10 x 8 in.
$6,000
Untitled, New York City, c. 1970-1980s
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1970-1980s
10 x 8 in.
$6,000
Untitled, New York City, c. 1970-1980s
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1970-1980s
10 x 8 in.
SOLD
Untitled, New York City, c. 1970-1980
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1970-1980s
10 x 8 in.
SOLD
Untitled, New York City, c. 1970-1980
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1970-1980s
10 x 8 in.
$6,000
Untitled, New York City, c. 1970-1980
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1970-1980s
10 x 8 in.
SOLD
Skin clothes by Michel and Nanushka, Mudd Club, 1979
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1979
10 x 8 in.
$7,500
Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, c. 1970s
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1970s
10 x 8 in.
$9,500
Neo-pop hats by Javits and Whittall, Mudd Club, 1989
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1989
8 x 10 in.
$6,000
Leona Helmsley, New York City, c. 1990s
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1990s
10 x 8 in.
$7,500
“[Bill] chronicled the first wave of women to ditch their heels and commute to work in sneakers, the return of the zoot suit, the phenomenon of low-riding jeans, the vogue for camouflage, and a hundred different ways New Yorkers stylishly brave a storm. He believed that a true portrait of fashion — and, by inference, the times — depended on seeing how real people dressed, whether kids in deconstructed sweatshirts or big spenders at a charity event. The runway wasn’t enough, so he hit the streets every day with his camera.” -Cathy Horyn
"We all get dressed for Bill."
"A lot has been written—and will be written—about the democratic way in which Bill Cunningham saw New Yorkers. He saw them all as beautiful misfit children, from the downtown club kids covered in spangles and safety pins to the socialites preening at charity galas in gossamer bubbles of tulle. His camera was his eye, and he was always looking, never judging, just hoping to be excited by what he saw. He had an optimistic, unjaded lens. He got out of the way, sacrificing being known himself in order to devote his life to observing others; his smock and his bicycle made him a mercenary of the streets. He was a documentarian more than an élitist—he loved fashion as a playground for personal creativity, and therefore saw it without boundaries, rules, or limitations of taste. This is all true." -Rachel Syme
"Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life."
“Money’s the cheapest thing. Liberty and freedom is the most expensive.”