Lot 434
  • 434

Saul Leiter

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • Saul Leiter
  • JEAN PIERSON
  • Gelatin silver print
signed in pencil on the reverse, framed, the Buhl Collection label on the reverse, 1950s, probably printed in the 1950s or 1960s

Provenance

Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, 1993

Condition

This photograph, on glossy double-weight Agfa paper, is in generally excellent condition. Upon very close examination in high raking light, the following are visible: a few small matte deposits overall; a 2-inch hairline surface scratch to the right of the sitter; and a one-inch diagonal soft impression that does not break the emulsion in the upper right quadrant. In the central-right portion of the image, a tiny particle is adhered to the surface of the print. When examined under ultraviolet light, this print appears to fluoresce.
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