Lot 217
  • 217

Raoul Ubac

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Raoul Ubac
  • HAND AND STONE
  • Gelatin silver print
signed in pencil on the reverse, framed, the Buhl Collection label on the reverse, 1932

Provenance

Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, 1996

Condition

This photograph, on double-weight matte-surface paper, is in generally excellent condition. A fine patina of silvering is visible overall, except where a few fingerprints have disturbed the surface. In raking light, the following are visible: a few tiny deposits of original retouching; and several areas semi-glossy areas in the lower portion of the image. There is a small rice paper tape hinge remnant on the reverse of the print.
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