Lot 93
  • 93

Sebastião Salgado

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • Sebastião Salgado
  • CAST OF THOUSANDS, SERRA PELADA, BRAZIL
  • Gelatin silver print
  • 13 3/4 x 20 5/8 inches
gelatin silver print, the photographer’s blindstamp in the margin, signed, dated, and annotated ‘Brazil’ by him in pencil on the reverse, matted, a Bruce Silverstein Photography, New York, label on the reverse, framed, 1986

Provenance

Christie's New York, 12 October 2005, Sale 1560, Lot 192

Literature

An Uncertain Grace: Photographs by Sebastião Salgado (Aperture, 1990), pp. 24-5 (another print)

Condition

This print is on double-weight paper with a semi-glossy surface. It is in generally excellent condition.
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