Lot 99
  • 99

W. Eugene Smith

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • W. Eugene Smith
  • 'Welsh Miners'
  • gelatin silver print
signed with a stylus on the image, mounted, signed and titled in pencil on the mount, 1950, probably printed in the 1950s (Johnson 12:021)

Provenance

Acquired from The Photographers' Gallery, London, 1978

Condition

This print is in generally excellent condition. When examined under ultraviolet light, it does not appear to fluoresce. Only visible upon very close examination are two small, hairline scratches in the left portion of the image. On the reverse of the mount, along each edge, are adhesive remains.
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