Lot 66
  • 66

Alma Lavenson

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Alma Lavenson
  • 'AURATUM LILY'
  • Gelatin silver print
warm-toned, signed, titled, and dated in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1932

Provenance

Acquired from Anthony Ralph Gallery, New York, 1989

Condition

This attractive early warm-toned print, on double-weight semi-glossy paper, has a range of gray tones and is in generally very good to excellent condition. The corners are bumped, with a soft crease in the lower left corner and a small crease in the upper right margin corner. In raking light, faint silvering is visible in the darkest areas, as well as a soft and barely noticeable 1 1/2-inch raised linear area at the upper right corner.
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