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NORMAN PARKINSON (1913-1990)
Lot 13PHOTOGRAPHS FROM A PRIVATE MIDWEST COLLECTION

NORMAN PARKINSON (1913-1990)

Fashion Study, 1938

Closed13 April 2023

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NORMAN PARKINSON (1913-1990)
Fashion Study, 1938
gelatin silver print, mounted on rag paper
signed in pencil with photographer's '1 Dover St Piccadilly' credit and Can-Can Limited copyright credit stamps (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 12 7/8 x 10 7/8 in. (32.7 x 27.6 cm.)
mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.4 cm.)

Photographs from the Estate of Thomas T. Solley, Christie's, New York, February 14, 2007, lot 2;
acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

This photograph is mounted on a page from one of Parkinson's portfolios produced prior to 1940. With few exceptions, these portfolio prints are the only photographs to have survived as Parkinson's studio was destroyed in the war.

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