Lot 194
  • 194

Paul Strand

Estimate
10,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Paul Strand
  • 'HANDS OF GEORGES BRAQUE, VARANCHEVILLE, FRANCE'
  • Gelatin silver print
flush-mounted, titled and dated by the photographer, credited and initialed by Hazel Strand, and with 'Master' in pencil on the reverse, framed, Buhl Collection and Guggenheim Museum exhibition labels on the reverse, 1957

Provenance

Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, 1993

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)

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)

Literature

Jennifer Blessing, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection (Guggenheim Foundation, 2004), pp. 44 and 249 (this print)

Condition

This slightly warm-toned print, on lightly textured paper with a very fine surface sheen, is in generally excellent condition. The print is trimmed to the image; and the edges are worn, with attendant chipping, and the corners are bumped. On the reverse of the mount are the following notations in an unidentified hand in pencil: '#759,' 'FP-1203 TI,' and 'Master' [indistinctly written].
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Catalogue Note

The word Master on the reverse of the print indicates that this print was to be used as a guide for all future printings from this negative.