Lot 435
  • 435

Berenice Abbott

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • Berenice Abbott
  • Buddy Gilmore, Paris, 1927Princess Marthe Bibesco, Paris, 1927Princess Eugene Murat, New York, 1930Edna St. Vincent Millay, New York, 1930
  • silver gelatin prints
Four silver prints from the Faces of the 20s portfolio of twelve, printed 1981. Each signed and numbered 16/60 in pencil in the lower margin, with the portfolio stamp on the reverse of the mount.

Literature

Berenice Abbott, Faces of the 20s, Portland, Parasol Press, 1981.

Condition

These prints are in overall excellent condition. With some very light, superficial scratches and indentations in each print, only visible in raking light. The Buddy Gilmore has a small nick in the lower left quadrant.
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