19th Nov, 2022 17:00

OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2022

 
  Lot 146
 

WILLIAM EUGENE SMITH (1918–1978)
The Death of Gus-Gus, from ‘My daughter Juanita’, 1953

Unsold

Lot details

Start price: €1.800

Estimate: € 3.400–3.600

English:

Gelatin silver print, printed in the 1970s on double-weight semi-matte paper, in excellent condition. Photographer’s authenticity stamp “Photograph by W. Eugene Smith. This authenticated photograph was in the private collection of W. Eugene Smith at the time of his death - October 15, 1978”, and annotated “JU-I-4; M/JU-016-1” and numbered “9” in pencil on the reverse. Wooden frame. PROVENANCE Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe. LITERATURE W. Eugene Smith, ‘My daughter Juanita’, in: Life magazine, September 21, 1953, p. 165-171 and cover (same series); W. Eugene Smith: His Photographs and Notes, Aperture, 1969, n.p.

*Full taxable.

Deutsch:

Vintage-Silbergelatineabzug, geprintet in den 1970er Jahren auf "double-weight" halbmattem Papier, in ausgezeichnetem Zustand. Authentizitätsstempel des Fotografen "Photograph by W. Eugene Smith. This authenticated photograph was in the private collection of W. Eugene Smith at the time of his death - October 15, 1978”, und mit dem Vermerk "JU-I-4; M/JU-016-1" und der Nummerierung "9" in Bleistift auf der Rückseite. Mit Holzrahmen. PROVENIENZ Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe. LITERATUR W. Eugene Smith, 'My daughter Juanita', in: Life magazine, 21. September 1953, S. 165-171 und Titelseite (dieselbe Serie); W. Eugene Smith: His Photographs and Notes, Aperture, 1969, n.p.

*Vollbesteuert.

Size: 26 x 33 cm