MAURICE HENRY | Untitled

Private collection, United States
Acquired from the above by Dr. Arthur Brandt

Photographic print, collage and pastel on. It has not been possible to see the work fully unframed. Executed on black wove paper, not laid down and affixed to the overmount with tape along all four edges. The collage elements are stable. The sheet is undulating. There is a small vertical repaired tear (approx. 1 cm long) towards the centre of the left edge. There are some lines of glue remnant, possibly original, in the lower part of the composition. There are some thin lines of surface scratches and some dots of faint tarnishing to the photographic elements. The printed collage elements are unevenly cut with some minor associated scuffs along the extreme edges. There are some faint flattened creases in places. This work is in overall good condition.
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