Classic Photographs
Classic Photographs
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October 1, 07:41 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
SEBASTIÃO SALGADO
B. 1944
GOLD MINERS OF SERRA PELADA, BRAZIL (FROM WORKERS)
gelatin silver print, embossed with the photographer's credit and copyright in the margin, signed, dated, and annotated 'Brasil' in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1986
image: 11⅞ by 17⅜ in. (30.2 by 44.1 cm.)
framed: 19 by 24¼ in. (48.2 by 61.6 cm.)
Eduardo Galeano and Fred Ritchin, An Uncertain Grace: Photographs by Sebastião Salgado (New York, 1990), pp. 22-3
'A moment of rest for this worker. In the back, one can see the activities on several concessions that make up the Serra Pelada mine.' (An Uncertain Grace, p. 152)