Lot 51
  • 51

Charles Jones (1866-1959)

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Charles Jones
  • Onion, c. 1900 and Large Turnip, c. 1902
Two gold toned silver prints. Framed.

Provenance

Galerie Acte 2, Paris 

Literature

See Sexton, Sean & Robert Flynn Johnson, The Plant Kingdoms of Charles Jones, Thames & Hudson, London, 1998. 

Condition

Not examined out of frames. 'Turnip' lightly bumped at the four corners with tiny loss of emulsion at the upper left. Two small hardly visible superficial scratches can be seen when the print is viewed in raking light. 'Onion' lightly bumped at the four corners, with tiny nicks to the emulsion; in the upper right corner, a 1 cm crescent shape crease.
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