Lot 15
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JOHN COPLANS | 'Self Portrait: Interlocking Fingers' No. 1 and No. 2

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • 'Self Portrait: Interlocking Fingers' No. 1 and No. 2
  • Edition 3 of 6
  • 2 gelatin silver prints
  • each image: 33 by 26 1/2 in. 83.8 by 67.3 cm.
  • Executed in 1999, these works are each number 3 from an edition of 6.
each: mounted, signed, titled, dated 1999, editioned 3/6, and numbered SP 31 99 and SP 32 99, respectively, in pencil on the reverse, framed

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 2000

Exhibited

West Palm Beach, Norton Museum of Art, Stare, December 2010 - March 2011 (the present example exhibited)

Condition

These gelatin silver prints are in generally excellent condition. No. 1: There is a very faint linear scratch in the lower right quadrant, a circular deposit of original retouching in the upper right quadrant, and a penpoint-sized raised area in the upper left quadrant. The aforementioned do not appear to break the emulsion nor do they detract from the overall presentation of this photograph. The periphery of the mount is faintly yellowed. No. 2: There is a red deposit of indeterminate nature at the left edge of the mount. The periphery of the mount is faintly yellowed.
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