Lot 153
  • 153

Mary Ellen Mark (b. 1940)

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Mary Ellen Mark
  • 'Hippopotamus and Performer, Great Rayman Circus', Madras, India, 1989
Silver print, signed, titled, dated and numbered '1/25' in pencil on the reverse. Printed 1996.

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner directly from the artist.

Literature

Fulton, M. 1991 p. 159.

Condition

Left and right print edges curl upwards slightly. There is one small (approx. 2cm) crease at the left print edge in the area of the hippopotamus, which magnification shows has cracked the emulsion. Overall condition very good.
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