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W. EUGENE SMITH (1918-1978)
Lot 214

W. EUGENE SMITH (1918-1978)

Three generations of Welsh Miners, 1950

Fermé6 October 2011

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USD 40,000

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W. EUGENE SMITH (1918-1978)
Three generations of Welsh Miners, 1950
oversized gelatin silver print, printed later
annotated 'No Ferra and wash' in ink (in the margin); notation 'GB-1-A4' in pencil and Estate stamps (on the verso)
20½ x 25 3/8in. (52 x 64.5cm.)

Acquired directly from the Estate of the artist

Note du spécialiste

In Gene's photographs there is something which throbs, something always tremulant. They are taken between the shirt and the skin.
Anchored between the shirt and the skin---at the heart---his camera moves even more by its passionate integrity. HENRI CARTIER- BRESSON