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Lot 82 'The Cardplayers was shot in 1947 near the corner of Horatio and W. Washington streets. Marilyn, the star player, was four years old. The sequence of six photos has been published many times since it first appeared in This Week magazine in....In 1955 it was the only sequence published in The Family of Man.' (Orkin's descriptive caption)
RUTH ORKIN (1921-1985)
The Cardplayers, 1947
Closed6 October 2011
Price Realised
USD 10,000
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Specialist note
The maquette includes four unpublished images from the series.
The "Cardplayers" was shot in 1947 near the corner of Horatio and W. Washington streets. Marilyn, the star player, was four years old. The sequence of six photos has been published many times since it first appeared in This Week magazine in ___. In 1955 it was the only sequence published in "The Family of Man".' (Orkin's descriptive caption)
The "Cardplayers" was shot in 1947 near the corner of Horatio and W. Washington streets. Marilyn, the star player, was four years old. The sequence of six photos has been published many times since it first appeared in This Week magazine in ___. In 1955 it was the only sequence published in "The Family of Man".' (Orkin's descriptive caption)