Alexey Brodovitch

large-format print, 1935-37, printed before 1945

Collection of Paul and Karen Radkai

Christie's New York, 23 April 2007, Sale 1825, Lot 282

Alexey Brodovitch, Ballet (New York, 1945), p. 64 (variant)

This large, somewhat warm-toned print, on luminous matte-surface paper with a very slight sheen, is in generally very good condition. Faint silvering is visible primarily in the dark areas of the image and at its periphery. Upon very close examination, the following are visible: a pen-point-sized impression near the lower edge; and a 1/4-inch thin impression in the lower right quadrant. Neither impression breaks the emulsion. The margin corners are bumped, and there is age-appropriate darkening in the margin and on the reverse of the print.
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