Lot 150
  • 150

David Bailey

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • David Bailey
  • The Kray Brothers, 1965
  • Silver print
Silver print, unique in this size, printed 1988, dry-mounted to card. Signed in pencil and with two gallery labels with information about the work in facsimile affixed to the back of the card

Provenance

Hamiltons Gallery, London

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy of Arts, The Art of Photography: 1839-1989, 22nd September - 23rd December 1989, exhibition print no. 2

Literature

David Bailey, Black and White Memories: Photographs, 1948-1969, Dent, London, 1983, illustrated pl.77;
Martin Harrison, ed., David Bailey: Archive One, 1957-1969, Thames & Hudson, London, 1999, illustrated pp.162-163

Condition

This print is in overall very good condition. With some light retouching marks in the image, and very minor, superficial scratches and creases throughout the print, only visible in raking light. The edges of the sheet have softened slightly in areas.
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