ROBERT FRANK | '11th of Nov.' (Champs-Élysées, November 11th, Paris)

signed, titled, dated, and annotated in ink on the image, the photographer's copyright stamp, with credit in ink, and annotations in pencil on the reverse, framed, 1950, probably printed in the 1970s (Paris, unpaginated; The Lines of My Hand, unpaginated)

Robert Friedus Gallery, New York Private collection, New York

Phillips de Pury & Company New York, 8 October 2010, Sale 40210, Lot 49

This print, on double-weight Agfa paper with a slight surface sheen, is in generally excellent condition. There is a faint crescent-shaped crease in the lower portion of the image which does not appear to break the emulsion. The upper margin edge is softly rippled, and there are some minor creases to the extreme left and right margin edges. The notations in pencil in an unidentified hand on the reverse read as follows: 'LINES 25'; 'ARCHIVE 1085'; '5-155.'
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