Lot 161
  • 161

Robert Frank

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Frank
  • 'WALES' (MINERS, CAERAU)
  • gelatin silver
signed, titled, and dated in ink in the margin, the photographer's copyright stamp, credit and date in ink, and his 'Robert Frank Archive' stamp with title, date and number 'HH948' in pencil, and with annotations in pencil on the reverse, 1951 (Looking In, p. 76, pl. 20; London/Wales, p. 92, cropped) 

Provenance

Acquired from Alan Klotz Gallery, New York, 1992

Condition

This warm-toned print, on double-weight paper with a very slight surface sheen, is in generally very good condition. The edges are rubbed. The corners are bumped and the upper right corner is creased. Also in the upper right margin are two sharp handling creases. When examined in raking light, 3 small, sharp handling creases that do not break the emulsion, are visible in the upper right and lower right quadrants of the print. Light silvering is also visible throughout. The reverse of the print is lightly soiled. The peiphery exhibits age-darkening. There are also penciled annotations 'P' and '174' on the reverse.
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