Lot 40
  • 40

Robert Doisneau (1912 - 1994)

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Robert Doisneau
  • Le Manège de Monsieur Barré, 1955
  • Photograph
Silver print. Signed in ink in the lower right margin. Monogrammed, titled and dated in ink on the reverse. Mounted and framed.

Literature

Robert Doisneau. Photographs, London, Gordon Fraser, 1980, ill. p. 139;
Jean-Claude Gautrand, Robert Doisneau. 1912-1994, Köln/ London/ Los Angeles e.a., Taschen, 2003, ill. p. 140.

Condition

The print is in excellent condition. The sheet very slightly yellowed in the margins away from the image, due to the mount. The sheet is taped to the mount with archival tape on recto at the upper corners away from the image.
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