Lot 212
  • 212

Luigi Ghirri

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • Luigi Ghirri
  • STILL LIFE (BAG OF TOYS)
  • polaroid
unique large-format Polaroid Polacolor print, signed and dated in ink in the margin, 1981

Literature

Germano Celant, William Eggleston, and Paola Ghirri, It's Beautiful Here, Isn't It. . .Luigi Ghirri (Aperture, 2008), p. 104 (this print, herein titled Amsterdam)

Luigi Ghirri: Polaroid (Milan, 2008), p. 53, variant

Condition

This print is in generally excellent condition, with no apparent fading. In the upper margin of the print is a small area of adhesive. The lower edge of the print is unevenly trimmed and there are tack holes in the upper margin corners, as is typical of large-format Polaroids.
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