Lot 364
  • 364

Eikoh Hosoe

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Eikoh Hosoe
  • 'MAN AND WOMAN #33'
  • Gelatin silver print
signed, titled, dated, and initialed in pencil on the reverse, framed, the Buhl Collection label on the reverse, 1960

Provenance

Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, 1995

Literature

Untitled 42: Eikoh Hosoe (Friends of Photography, 1986), pl. 3

Eikoh Hosoe (Aperture, 1999), p. 11

Condition

This photograph, on double-weight semi-glossy paper, is in generally very good condition. Upon close examination in raking light, extensive original retouching is visible overall. On the reverse of the print, there are 3 small rust-colored areas.
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