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Lot 40
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Willy Ronis (1910 - 2009)

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

  • Willy Ronis
  • Les Amoureux de la Bastille, 1957
Tirage argentique postérieur. Signé à l'encre noire dans la marge inférieure basse. Au verso, titré et daté au crayon et avec le tampon copyright du photographe.

Provenance

Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, 1991
par descendance au propriétaire actuel

Literature

Peter Hamilton, Willy Ronis. Photographs 1926-1995, cat. expo. The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 1995, ill. pl. 93;
Jean-Claude Gautrand, Willy Ronis. Instants dérobés, Cologne, Taschen, 2005, ill. p.60;
Bertrand Eveno, Willy Ronis, Paris, Collection Photo Poche, Actes Sud, 2005, ill. p. 37;
Willy Ronis. Paris éternellement, Paris, Hoëbeke, 2005, ill. p. 63;
Willy Ronis. Une poétique de l'engagement, cat. expo. Monnaie de Paris/ Jeu de Paume, Paris, Democratic Books, 2010, ill. p. 52.

Condition

In very good condition. A soft handling mark near the upper boarder of the image towards the centre. Light traces of retouching along the right border of the image in the margin.
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