Lot 124
  • 124

Robert Demachy

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Robert Demachy
  • HAND HOLDING A LILY
  • Gum-bichromate print
gum bichromate print, numerical notations in pencil on the reverse, framed, the Buhl Collection label on the reverse, 1900

Provenance

The estate of the photographer

Sotheby's London, 4 May 1995, Sale LN5263, Lot 128

Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, 1995

Exhibited

West Palm Beach, Norton Museum of Art, A Show of Hands: Photographs and Sculpture from the Buhl Collection, January - March 2008

Seoul, South Korea, Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection (Asian tour), March - May 2009, and 2 other Asian venues through 2011 (see Appendix 1)

Condition

This orange-toned gum-bichromate print, on matte, lightly-textured, double-weight paper, is in generally excellent condition. Upon extremely close examination, minor edge wear is visible. On the reverse of the print, '8 cm' and directional vertical arrows are in pencil.
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