Lot 74
  • 74

Roy DeCarava

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • Roy DeCarava
  • 'Hallway'
  • Gelatin Silver Print
signed and dated in pencil in the margin, credit, title, date, and copyright in pencil on the reverse, 1953, printed in 1982 (Roy DeCarava, pl. 26)

Provenance

Michael Shapiro Gallery, San Francisco, 1980s

By descent to the present owner

Condition

This print, on double-weight paper with a surface sheen, is in generally excellent condition. In raking light, 2 small linear creases, which do not appear to break the emulsion, are visible in the lower portion of the image. The margin corners are softly bumped.
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