Lot 51

Lillian Bassman

Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000

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(American, 1917-2012)

Across the Restaurant at Le Grand Vefour, Barbara Mullen, Harper's Bazaar, Paris, Dress by Jacques Fath, 1949, signed in pencil verso, editioned 5/25, gelatin silver print, image 21 x 18 in., sheet 24 x 20 in.; black wood frame, 31-1/4 x 25-1/4 x 1-3/8 in. 

Provenance: Peter Fetterman, Santa Monica, California (label verso), a facsimile of original receipt accompanies this lot; Private Collection, Wisconsin

Literature: Harper's Bazaar, April 1949; D. Solomon, Lillian Bassman: Women, New York: Abrams, 2009, p. 17

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Peter Fetterman, Santa Monica, California (label verso), a facsimile of original receipt accompanies this lot; Private Collection, Wisconsin

not examined out of sealed frame, surface appears in very good condition; frame in good condition