Lot 6
  • 6

Candida Höfer

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Candida Höfer
  • New York Public Library V
  • Edition 3 of 6
  • Chromogenic print
chromogenic print, the photographer's label, signed and dated in ink and with typed title and edition number, on the reverse, framed, a Sonnabend Gallery label on the reverse, 1999, no. 3 in an edition of 6

Provenance

Sonnabend Gallery, New York, 1999

Literature

Candida Höfer: Architecture of Absence (New York, 2004), p. 53

Umberto Eco, Candida Höfer: Libraries (Munich, 2014), p. 19

Condition

This chromogenic print, with wide white margins, is in generally excellent condition. The colors remain rich and vibrant with no apparent fading. There are 3 1/2-inch soft handling creases that do not appear to break the emulsion: 2 along the lower edge and one in the upper left quadrant.
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