Lot 83
  • 83

Grant Mudford

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Grant Mudford
  • Selected Images from The Salick Commission
  • 4 gelatin silver prints
4 photographs, comprising The Salick Commission 2, 3, 14, and 15, each signed, titled, dated, and editioned '1/25' in pencil on the reverse, matted, signed and dated in pencil on the mat, in 3 frames, 1987 (4 photographs in 3 frames)

Provenance

Collection of Aptium Onconlogy, formerly Salick Health Care

Acquired from the above, 2012

Condition

These photographs, on double-weight Agfa paper with a surface sheen, are in generally excellent condition. They are all gently rippled along the margin edges, which occasionally extends into the image. There are tack-holes in the margin corners. # 2: There is a tiny tear at the upper right margin edge. '9 H' is written in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse. #3: '5.3 M' (crossed out) and '7-5 M' are written in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse. #14: There is a small impression in the lower right margin. '9 H' is written in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse. #15: '7-1 H' is written in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse.
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Catalogue Note

In 1987, Dr. Bernard Salick commissioned Grant Mudford to photograph the construction of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The present four photographs areĀ from that commission.