Lot 56
  • 56

Werner Bischof

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Werner Bischof
  • 'Untitled', 1934
  • Signed and dated in pencil on verso of card
    Inscribed on verso in pencil 'travail d'élève'
  • Gelatin silver print
  • Paper and image: 18 x 17.8 cm
Vintage silver print, flush-mounted to original card. Signed, dated and inscribed 'travail d'élève' in pencil on the reverse of the card.

Provenance

Photographies, Sotheby's, May 15th, 2012, Lot 21

Condition

This print is in overall very good condition. With a very small dent to the paper in the lower left quadrant, and superficial surface scratches throughout the print, only visible in raking light. With a bump to the sheet along the top edge. The print has been adhered to the mount along the left and right edges.
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