Lot 113
  • 113

Wynn Bullock

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Wynn Bullock
  • EDNA BULLOCK
  • Gelatin silver print
mounted, signed and inscribed by Edna Bullock, the photographer's widow, in pencil on the reverse, framed, the Buhl Collection label on the reverse, 1956 (A Way of Life, p. 67)

Provenance

Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, 1994

Condition

This photograph is in generally excellent condition. This early print is mounted to thin, later board that has been trimmed irregularly. There is a 2-1/8-inch linear impression that does not break the emulsion near the sitter's neck and chest. When examined under ultraviolet light, this print does not appear to fluoresce.
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Catalogue Note

Edna Bullock's inscription on the reverse of the mount, dated 11 July 1991, states: 'Photograph made by Wynn Bullock in 1956 of me, Edna Bullock.'