Lord Snowdon

chromogenic print, signed in ink in the margin, the photographer's copyright and reproduction rights stamp, with date and annotation in ink, on the reverse, framed, Buhl Collection and Guggenheim Museum exhibition labels on the reverse, 1988, printed in 2000

Michael Hoppen Photographs, Ltd., London, 2000

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)

Palm Beach Photographic Centre, In Good Hands: Selected Works from the Buhl Collection, March 2011

Jennifer Blessing, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection (Guggenheim Foundation, 2004), pp. 44 and 248 (this print)

This chromogenic print is in generally excellent condition. The colors remain rich and saturated, with no apparent fading. In high raking light, a very soft, small crease is visible in the lower right quadrant. On the reverse of the print, the photographer's stamp is annotated in ink with Job Number '1449.'
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