Lot 117
  • 117

Jean Painlevé

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jean Painlevé
  • Two male Seahorses, 1931
  • photograph
Vintage silver print. Coming with a certificate from Painlevé estate. Matted and framed.

Provenance

Joron Derem, Paris, 1995

Literature

Nicole Vedrès, Images du Cinéma français, Paris, Les édition du Chène, 1945, ill. p. 136, pl. 242
Jean Painlevé
, exhib. cat., Birmingham, Ikon Gallery, 2017, ill. cover.

Condition

This silver print on double weight paper with a glossy surface is in very good condition.The lower right corner with a light fold of approx. 1 cm. Consistent with a glossy surface, a few very light scratches visible under raking light only. Upon close inspection and in raking light only, two unidentified marks, one in the upper right corner, the second in the lower left quadrant.
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Catalogue Note

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