Paul Strand

flush-mounted, 1950 (La France de Profil, p. 53)

Acquired from the photographer, 1950s

By descent to the present owners

This somewhat warm-toned contact print, on paper with the slightest surface sheen, is in generally excellent condition. The edges are slightly rubbed, and there are tiny losses, particularly at the top edge. The corners are bumped.
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According to Strand authority Anthony Montoya, it is believed that Paul Strand made 5 other prints of this image. All of them, like the print offered here, were made around the time of the negative.  In the first edition of Strand's La France de Profil (Lausanne, 1952) this image is titled 'A La Vierge, Café-Restaurant, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France, 1950.'