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Leonard Freed
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
- Leonard Freed
- 'DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.' (BEING GREETED ON HIS RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES AFTER RECEIVING THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE)
- Gelatin silver print
signed, titled, dated, and annotated 'photographer's work print / archival vintage print' in pencil and with the photographer's Magnum copyright stamp on the reverse, framed, Buhl Collection and Guggenheim Museum exhibition labels on the reverse, 1964
Provenance
Steven Kasher Gallery, New York, 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)
Palm Beach Photographic Centre, In Good Hands: Selected Works from the Buhl Collection, March 2011
Middletown, Delaware, Warner Gallery at St. Andrew's School, In Good Hands: Selected Works from the Buhl Collection, October - November 2011
Palm Beach Photographic Centre, In Good Hands: Selected Works from the Buhl Collection, March 2011
Middletown, Delaware, Warner Gallery at St. Andrew's School, In Good Hands: Selected Works from the Buhl Collection, October - November 2011
Literature
Jennifer Blessing, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection (Guggenheim Foundation, 2004), pp. 180 and 217 (this print)
Condition
This photograph is in essentially excellent condition. The tips of the lower margin corners are bumped.
On the reverse of the print, '63-9-1/23' is in an unidentified hand in pencil.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.