Lot 177
  • 177

Francesca Woodman

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Francesca Woodman
  • FROM THE EEL SERIES, ROME
  • gelatin silver print
annotation in pencil on the reverse, 1977-78

Provenance

Gift of the photographer, 1980

Literature

Chris Townsend, Francesca Woodman (London, 2006), p. 164

For variants, see Francesca Woodman (Zurich, 1992), p. 91; Francesca Woodman (SFMoMA, 2011), p.  94; Francesca Woodman (Cologne, 2014), p. 213; and Francesca Woodman (Fondation Cartier pour L'Art Contemporain, 1998), p. 117

Condition

This impressive early print, on slightly warm-toned double-weight paper with a slight sheen is in generally excellent condition. When examined in raking light, the following are visible: a slightly raised pen-point-sized area near the bowl, as well as faint silvering in the dark areas. 'I.213' is written in pencil on the reverse.
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