Lot 139
  • 139

Alfred Eisenstaedt

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Alfred Eisenstaedt
  • 'premier at la scala, milan'
signed by the photographer and numbered '164/250' in an unidentified hand in ink in the margin, credited, titled, dated, and annotated in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse, matted, 1933, printed later, no. 164 in an edition of 250 (Remembrances, p. 13; Eisenstaedt on Eisenstaedt, p. 39)

Condition

This print, on semi-glossy paper, is in generally excellent condition. There are two crescent-shaped handling creases in the upper and lower quadrants of the image that do not break the emulsion. The top of the mat is glued down at the upper edge.
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