Lot 10
  • 10

Robert Doisneau

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Robert Doisneau
  • 'La Dame Indignée', The Romi Gallery, Paris, 1947
  • Silver print
  • 39 x 30 cm (15¼ x 11¾ in.) 
Vintage silver print. Annotated 15997 in pencil and with annotations in red pencil by an unknown hand on the verso. With the gallery label affixed bearing information about the work in facsimile affixed to the back of the frame. Matted and framed. 

Provenance

Hamiltons Gallery, London 
Private collection, UK 

Literature

Ollier, Doisneau, Paris, Gingko Press, Spain, 1998, unpaginated

Condition

This vintage silver print is in overall fair condition, as one would expect from a vintage print of this age. With a 3 cm tear and a 5 cm crease in the lower right quadrant. With handling marks, softened edges and corners, and numerous hairline scratches visible in raking light only. With some light stains, faint yellowing and undulation marks to the right and lower edges on the verso.
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