Lot 161
  • 161

Charles M. Conlon

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Charles M. Conlon
  • SELECTED BASEBALL IMAGES (CICOTTE AND STANDRIDGE)
  • 2 gelatin silver prints
2 photographs, comprising Eddie Cicotte's Knuckleball and Standridge (Cubs) Fork Ball, each captioned in the negative, signed and captioned in pencil and with 'Original 1996 Baseball Magazine' labels on the reverse, each framed, Buhl Collection labels and the second with a Guggenheim Museum exhibition label on the reverse, 1914-20 (2)

Provenance

James Danziger Gallery, New York, 1997

Exhibited

Standridge (Cubs) Fork Ball:

Hudson, New York, Museum of the Imagination, The Hand in Art, October 2003

New York, Guggenheim Museum, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection, June - September 2004, and 4 other international venues through 2007 (see Appendix 1)

Literature

Standridge (Cubs) Fork Ball:

Jennifer Blessing, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection (Guggenheim Foundation, 2004), pp. 62 and 208 (this print)

Condition

These early prints, on single-weight paper with glossy surfaces, are in generally good to very good condition. There are two small tears at the lower edge of 'Standridge' (1/8- and 1/2-inch). The edges are rubbed and the corners bumbed. When examined in raking light, scratches, creases, indentations, and what appear to be small deposits of original retouching on the surface are visible.
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