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Lot 23
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Reginald Marsh

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • Reginald Marsh
  • Tattoo-Shave-Haircut (Sasowsky 140)
  • etching
  • 252 by 250 mm 9 7/8 by 9 7/8 in
  • sheet 430 by 355 mm 17 by 14 in
Etching, 1932, from the posthumous edition of c. 30, on heavy wove paper, framed

Condition

The print is in good condition with full margins. Minor imperfections in the margins include two pin holes at center top and bottom, several areas of pale foxing, two intermittent lines of discoloration (rust stain?) along lower margin, a small circular area of skinning at upper left, minor surface soiling and soft handling creases. (Inscribed 'By Reginald Marsh' in pencil in an unknown hand at lower right, another pencil notation partially erased and indecipherable at lower left.) The verso with occasional surface soiling and pale foxing along left sheet edge.
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