Lot 137
  • 137

Seydou Keïta

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Seydou Keïta
  • Deux petites filles
  • signed twice, dated 1995 and numbered 56; signed and inscribed 740 on the reverse
  • gelatin silver print
  • 20 by 24 in.
  • 50.8 by 61 cm.

Provenance

André Magnin, Paris
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Literature

André Magnin, Seydou Keïta, Scalo Zurich, Berlin, New York, 1997, p. 237, illustrated

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. There is a 3 inch crease at the upper left corner; there is also a 1/4 inch crease at the upper left corner. There is a 1 inch crease in the center of the work at the bottom edge. There are three scattered creases in the center of the work by the girls faces. There are scattered unobtrusive hariline abraisions visible under raking light. Framed under glass.
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