Lot 67
  • 67

Raoul Ubac (1910 - 1985)

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
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Description

  • Raoul Ubac
  • Le Combat des Penthésilées, 1937
Tirage argentique d'époque. Au verso, signé à l'encre noire.

Literature

L'Amour fou. Photography & Surrealism, cat. expo. Hayward Gallery, Londres, 1986, ill. p. 71 (variante, daté 1939);
Icônes : Photographies de la collection Claude Berri, cat. expo. Rencontre de la Photographie Arles, Paris 2003, ill. p. 89 (variante);
Begierde im Blick. Surrealistische Photographie, cat. expo. Hambourg, Kunsthalle, 2005, ill. p. 131 (variante, daté 1937).

Condition

In very good condition. The print has a glossy surface and is on sturdy paper. Some random scratches on the surface and one spot of loss in the emulsion layer with retouching (approx. 2 x 2 mm) in the upper left quadrant. On the reverse, the print is hinged to a window mount with archival tape along the upper edge and has remnants of two strips of archival tape (approx. 2 cm each) in the top left and right corners from an earlier mounting.
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