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WILLIAM MORTENSEN (1897-1965)
A portfolio of 12 plates related to Mortensen’s interpretation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
Silver
prints, the images measuring approximately 9
1
/
2
x7
1
/
2
inches (24.1x19.1 cm.), the sheets 13x9
3
/
4
inches (33x24.8 cm.), each with Mortensen’s signature, in pencil, on recto, and with the Rubaiyat
quatrain, in pencil, in Mortensen’s hand, on verso; enclosed in a patterned paper folder with a paper
label, lightly worn. Circa 1925
[6,000/9,000]