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Berenice Abbott (1898–1991)
Lot 130 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN COLLECTION

Berenice Abbott (1898–1991)

Faces of the 20's

Closed6 April 2017

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USD 15,000

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Berenice Abbott (1898–1991)
Faces of the 20's
New York: Parasol Press, Ltd., 1981. 12 gelatin silver prints, each mounted on board; each signed and numbered '26/60' in pencil (mount, recto); each stamped photographer's/Parasol Press Ltd. credit, portfolio title, date and reproduction limitation (mount, verso); each image/sheet approximately 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (34.3 x 26.7 cm.); each mount 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.7 cm.); title page with colophon and plate list; number 26 from the edition of 65, 1-60 numbered and A-E lettered; contained in brown cloth covered clamshell case.

Christie's, New York, October 6, 1998, lot 16;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.

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The plates are as follows:

James Joyce
Princess Eugene Murat
Buddy Gilmore
Jean Cocteau's Hands
Eugene Atget
Edna St. Vincent Millay
André Gide
Janet Flanner
Mrs. Raymond Massey
Solita Solano
Princess Marthe Bibesco
Jean Cocteau