Lot 204
  • 204

Robert Frank

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Robert Frank
  • 'paris'
signed, titled, and dated by the photographer in ink in the margin, his copyright stamp, credited in an unidentified hand in ink, and numbered '5-14' and annotated 'Archive 1178' in unidentified hands in pencil, on the reverse, matted, 1952, printed later (Paris, unpaginated; Aperture, p. 85)

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner from Lee Gallery, Winchester, Massachusetts, 1996

Condition

This print, on double-weight paper with a surface sheen, is in generally excellent condition. The corners are lightly bumped, and there is a tiny bit of emulsion loss at the lower right edge. At the upper margin edge, there is a small tear in the top paper ply, not affecting the image.
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