Lot 152
  • 152

Jules Courtier

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Jules Courtier
  • CASTS OF THE HANDS OF EUSAPIA PALLADINO
  • Two gelatin silver prints
2 photographs, one with 'E. P. 19 Decas 1907' in the negative and 'XXVII' in blue crayon on the reverse, framed together, Buhl Collection and Guggenheim Museum exhibition labels on the reverse, 1907

Provenance

Barry Singer Gallery, Petaluma, 2002

Exhibited

New York, Guggenheim Museum, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection, June - September 2004, and 4 other international venues through 2007 (see Appendix 1)

Literature

Jennifer Blessing, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection (Guggenheim Foundation, 2004), pp. 24 and 209 (these prints)

Condition

These early prints, on medium-weight matte-surface paper, are in generally excellent condition. Some silvering is visible at the prints' periphery. The tips of the corners are creased, which breaks the emulsion.
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