Lot 168
  • 168

Guy Bourdin

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • Guy Bourdin
  • Charles Jourdan - Autumn
  • Color coupler print
chromogenic print, flush-mounted to acrylic, framed, Galerie Sho Contemporary Art, Tokyo, and Pace/MacGill Gallery labels on the reverse, 1979, printed later, no. 5 in an edition of 18; accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity, stamped, signed, and editioned '5/18' by Samuel Bourdin, the photographer's son (Exhibit A: Guy Bourdin, pl. 15)

Provenance

The Estate of the photographer

Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, 2003

Private Collection

Christie's New York, 24 April 2006, Sale 1652, Lot 119

Condition

This print is in generally excellent condition. The colors remain bright and saturated, with no apparent fading. Upon close inspection, a few minor scuffs are visible in the margin and at the margin corners. 'BOU.066.4' is written in an unidentified hand in ink on the reverse of the print.
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