Lot 299
  • 299

Charles Moore

Estimate
1,000 - 2,000 USD
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Description

  • Charles Moore
  • 'BIRMINGHAM RIOTS' (MAN BEHIND BARS)
  • Gelatin silver print
the photographer's agency credit stamp, title in ink, and annotated 'CM' in pencil on the reverse, framed, a Buhl Collection label on the reverse, 1963

Provenance

Steven Kasher 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 early print, on double-weight paper with a surface sheen, is rubbed at the edges with some very small losses and has sharp handling creases that appear to break the emulsion in the corners. There is a small tear (about 1/8-inch) at the lower edge. It is numbered in pencil on the reverse, 'PF 10464' and '14.18.1.74.'
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