Lot 82
  • 82

Willy Ronis

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description

  • Willy Ronis
  • 'Vincent', 1952
  • photograph
Tirage argentique d'époque. Avec le tampon 'Photo Willy Ronis', avec deux tampons copyright, avec des indications de cadrage, daté 1952 et annoté de mains inconnues au verso.

Literature

Peter Hamilton, Willy Ronis. Photographs 1962 – 1995, Oxford, The Museum of Modern Art Oxford, 1995, ill. pl. 74;
Edward Steichen, The Family of Man, cat. expo. New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1997, ill. p. 44;
Françoise Denoyelle, Le siècle de Willy Ronis, Paris, Editions Terre bleue, 2012, ill. p. 248.

Condition

This print is in good general condition. Single weight paper, glossy surface. The edges and corners are slightly worn, with light superficial scratches and handling marks as expected with a vintage print which has been used for publication. The paper on the reverse is slightly thinned in the upper right portion. Numerous annotations in ball point pen and pencil along with stamps and remnants of paper labels on the reverse.
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