Sherril Schell

signed and titled in pencil on the reverse, 1931-32 (Dreaming in Black and White, pl. 166)

The Julien Levy Collection, purchased from Jean Farley Levy for the Museum by Lynne and Harold Honickman, 2001

This somewhat warm-toned early print, on double-weight paper with a semi-glossy surface and trimmed to the image, is in generally very good condition. The right edge is rubbed, with a few tiny losses of emulsion. The lower right corner has emulsion loss at its tip. When examined in raking light, there is a crescent-shaped handling crease that does not appear to break the emulsion. Also in raking light, some scuffs are visible in the upper right quadrant. On the reverse, there is light soiling. '2001-62-1079' (crossed out) is in pencil at the lower left edge.
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Works by Sherril Schell were included in the Levy Gallery’s Photographs of New York by New York Photographers, May and June 1932, and in the Exhibition of Portrait Photography, Old and New in October and November of that year.  Schell’s photographs were also used by Levy for some of his ‘photo design’ objects (see Lot 81).