Roy DeCarava Self-Portrait
About Face: The David and Gail Mixer Collection of Photographs
Roy DeCarava
1919 - 2009
Self-Portrait
gelatin silver print, signed in ink in the margin, mounted
image: 10 by 13⅛ in. (25.4 by 33.3 cm.)
Executed in the 1960s.
Please note that this lot will not be on view during the sale exhibition. It is located at our Long Island City, New York storage facility. If you would like to examine it in person before the sale please contact Anjli Patel at Anjli.Patel@sothebys.com
Condition Report:
Please note the colors and shades in the online catalogue illustration may vary depending on screen settings.
This early print is in generally excellent condition. Visible under raking light are occasional deposits of the photographer's original retouching. A tiny raised area, likely a particle trapped during mounting, is visible under raking light in the center left of the image. There is minor wear to the margin edges and corners. A thin excess of dry mounting tissue is visible. A strip of tape is visible along the upper edge of the mount.
On the reverse of the mount, there is a small orange circular sticker.
Provenance:
Collection of Joshua P. Smith, Washington, D. C.
Phillips de Pury & Luxembourg, The Joshua P. Smith Collection of Photographs, 16 October 2003, Sale 40303, Lot 140
Acquired from the above by the present owner, Deborah Bell Photographs, New York, as agent
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About Face: The David and Gail Mixer Collection of Photographs
Roy DeCarava
1919 - 2009
Self-Portrait
gelatin silver print, signed in ink in the margin, mounted
image: 10 by 13⅛ in. (25.4 by 33.3 cm.)
Executed in the 1960s.
Please note that this lot will not be on view during the sale exhibition. It is located at our Long Island City, New York storage facility. If you would like to examine it in person before the sale please contact Anjli Patel at Anjli.Patel@sothebys.com
Condition Report:
Please note the colors and shades in the online catalogue illustration may vary depending on screen settings.
This early print is in generally excellent condition. Visible under raking light are occasional deposits of the photographer's original retouching. A tiny raised area, likely a particle trapped during mounting, is visible under raking light in the center left of the image. There is minor wear to the margin edges and corners. A thin excess of dry mounting tissue is visible. A strip of tape is visible along the upper edge of the mount.
On the reverse of the mount, there is a small orange circular sticker.
Provenance:
Collection of Joshua P. Smith, Washington, D. C.
Phillips de Pury & Luxembourg, The Joshua P. Smith Collection of Photographs, 16 October 2003, Sale 40303, Lot 140
Acquired from the above by the present owner, Deborah Bell Photographs, New York, as agent
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