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John Gutmann

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October 1, 06:17 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

Current Bid

400 USD

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Lot Details

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John Gutmann

1905 - 1998


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signed in pencil on the reverse

ferrotyped gelatin silver print

2¼ by 2⅛ in.

5.7 by 5.4 cm.

Executed in 1936.

Estate of the photographer

Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

Acquired from the above in 2005 by the present owner

As I Saw It: Photographs by John Gutmann, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976, pl. 14, illustrated (another example illustrated)

The Restless Decade: John Gutmann's Photographs of the Thirties, New York, 1984, p. 18, illustrated (another example illustrated)

John Gutmann: 99 Photographs; America 1934-1954, Barcelona, 1989, pl. 38, illustrated (another example illustrated)

Sandra Phillips, John Gutmann: Culture Shock, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1999, pl. 16, illustrated (another example illustrated)

Sally Stein, John Gutmann: The Photographer at Work, Tucson: Center for Creative Photography, 2009, p. 37, illustrated (another example illustrated)