Bette Davis Eyes and Other Natural Phenomena: Photographs at No Reserve
Bette Davis Eyes and Other Natural Phenomena: Photographs at No Reserve
Walker Evans
Selected Images
No reserve
Lot Closed
July 28, 04:44 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Walker Evans
1903 - 1975
Selected Images
a group of 7 chromogenic enlargements of Polaroid originals, including 4 studies of Road Markings, 1973, printed in 1974 (7)
images: each 4 ¾ by 4 ¾ in. (12.1 by 12.1 cm.)
The photographer to Bobbi Carrey, friend and fellow photographer, 1974
cf. Maria Morris Hambourg, Jeff L. Rosenheim, Douglas Eklund, and Mia Fineman, Walker Evans (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000), pls. 179-186
Bobbi Carrey worked for Walker Evans during the summer of 1974. During this time she arranged, at Evans's request, for copies to be made of his unique SX-70 Polaroid prints. These enlargements were made by the Polaroid company, and according to Carrey, no more than 3 enlargements of an image were made.