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LARRY FINK (B. 1941)
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LARRY FINK (B. 1941)

Social Context Portfolio, 1975-1991

Closed6 April 2021

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LARRY FINK (B. 1941)
Social Context Portfolio, 1975-1991
New York: Double Elephant Editions, 1991. Portfolio of fifteen gelatin silver prints; each signed, titled, dated and numbered '18/25' in pencil (verso); each image ranging from approximately 14 ¼ x 14¼in. (36.5 x 36.5 cm.) to 12 3/8 x 18 3/8 in. (31.8 x 47 cm.) or inverse; each sheet ranging from approximately 19 ¾ x 15 ¾ in. (50.1 x 40 cm.) or inverse; with title page and plate list; number eighteen from an edition of twenty-five; contained in a grey linen folio clamshell box.

Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles;
Christie's New York, April 15, 2010, lot 210;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.

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The titles are as follows:

1. Black Hand - Checkered Rump, N.Y.C, May, 1985
2. Man with Reefer - Nude on Wall, N.Y.C., April, 1988
3. Silk Legs, Regines, N.Y.C., May, 1977
4. Wedding - Long Central Neck, N.Y.C., December, 1988
5. Wedding - Hands Around Back, N.Y.C., January, 1988
6. Peter Beard - Montauk, N.Y, July, 1977
7. Lexington, Kentucky - Deals and Blonde, July, 1987
8. Military Apparition, N.Y.C., September, 1987
9. Trixies, N.Y.C. - Woman Dancing for Small Crowd, May, 1990
10. Piano Player from Behind, Wash. D.C., February, 1990
11. Spilled Glass and Legs, N.Y.C, April, 1985
12. Glass over Face, France, July, 1988
13. Sneer and Waitress, Los Angeles, January, 1991
14. False Men and their Makers, Studio 54, May, 1977
15. Elegant Group and Statue, Washington, D.C., May, 1975