Lot 220
  • 220

Herbert Matter

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Herbert Matter
  • HAND WITH STOCKING
  • Gelatin silver print
ferrotyped, the photographer's 'Herbert Matter, Studio Associates, Inc., 2 West 37th Street, N. Y. C.' studio stamp on the reverse, framed, the Buhl Collection label on the reverse, 1940s

Provenance

Staley-Wise Gallery, New York, 1996

Condition

This early ferrotyped print, on double weight paper, is in generally very good to excellent condition. There is a tiny pinpoint indentation in the upper right quadrant that breaks the emulsion. When examined in raking light, sharp creases are visible at the center of the left edge, the lower left corner, and lower right margin edge.
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