Lot 175
  • 175

Richard Avedon

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Richard Avedon
  • 'lauren hutton, great exuma, the bahamas, october 1968'
flush-mounted to linen, signed and numbered '13/50' by the photographer in ink, with his title, copyright, and edition/printing information stamps, on the reverse, matted, framed, 1968, printed 1980, no. 13 in an edition of 50 (An Eclectic Focus, p. 138)

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner from the photographer

Condition

This print, on glossy paper, is in generally excellent condition. In extreme raking light, the following are visible: slight silvering throughout; a scattering of remnants of original retouching; a small deposit of indeterminant substance in the lower right corner of the print. There is an approximately 5-in. line of soiling on the reverse. The corners are slighly bent ΒΌ-in.
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