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SEBASTIÃO SALGADO (1944- ); MARION POST WOLCOTT (1910-1990)
Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography, Portfolio Number One.
With 4 (of 4)
photographs, one each by Salgado,Wolcott, Ken Light, and MichelleVignes. Silver prints, the Salgado
measures 7x10
1
/
2
inches (17.8x26.7 cm.) and is on a sheet measuring 9
1
/
2
x12 inches (24.1x30.5
cm.), and the others measure approximately 10x8
3
/
4
inches (25.4x22.2 cm.), and the reverse, and
are on sheets measuring 14x11 inches (35.6x27.9 cm.), each with the photographer’s signature, and
all but the Wolcott also with the title and date, in pencil, on verso. Small folio-sized folding jacket,
silver-stamped black cloth; the colophon with the edition number; contents loose as issued.
NUMBER
24
FROM AN EDITION OF
50
SETS
. 1938-86; printed 1989
[4,000/6,000]
From Mother Jones; to a Private Collector, circa 1990.
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DAWOUD BEY (1953- )
Suite of 5 photographs from the
Street Portrait
series. Silver prints, each measuring 12
1
/
4
x9
1
/
2
inches
(31.1x24.1 cm.), and the reverse, each with Bey’s signature, title, the notation “Bklyn, NY,” and date,
in pencil, on verso. 1988 (one also dated 1990)
[5,000/7,500]
A Girl With School Medals * Joana * One of the Girls From Next Door * A Man Wearing an Adami
Baseball Cap * Poppye.
In 1988, Dawoud Bey began the
Street Portrait
series, making portraits in the Brooklyn neighborhood
where he lived at the time. Using Polaroid Type P/N film, he was able to give an instant print to the
subjects while keeping the instant negatives, which he would use later to make exhibition prints.Unlike
his
Harlem, USA
photographs, these pictures are more directed and posed. It was Bey’s intention to
allow the subjects of the series to direct their gaze at the camera, and by extension, the viewer.
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RUTH THORNE-THOMSEN (1943- )
The World Turns as a Ball * Time is Longer than a Rope.
Together, 2 photographs from Thorne-
Thomsen’s
Proverbs
series. Silver prints, 7
3
/
4
x9
1
/
2
inches (19.7x24.1 cm.), on sheets measuring
10
1
/
2
x12
1
/
2
inches (26.7x31.8 cm.), each with Thorne-Thomsen’s signature, title, date, and edition
notation 7/30 and 9/30, in pencil, on verso. 1997 (2)
[2,500/3,500]
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