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Calciner in Detergent Factory, from The Reign of Chemistry, Life Magazine, 1953
Details
W. EUGENE SMITH (1918–1978)
Calciner in Detergent Factory, from The Reign of Chemistry, Life Magazine, 1953
gelatin silver print, mounted on dark board
signed with stylus (recto); credited, titled 'The Reign of Chemistry', dated and annotated 'aperture' in an unknown hand in pencil and variously otherwise annotated in pencil/ink (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 10 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (27.3 x 34.9 cm.)
mount: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Calciner in Detergent Factory, from The Reign of Chemistry, Life Magazine, 1953
gelatin silver print, mounted on dark board
signed with stylus (recto); credited, titled 'The Reign of Chemistry', dated and annotated 'aperture' in an unknown hand in pencil and variously otherwise annotated in pencil/ink (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 10 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (27.3 x 34.9 cm.)
mount: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Provenance
Christie's, New York, October 8, 1993, lot 414;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
W. Eugene Smith: His Photographs and Notes, Aperture, New York, 1969, n.p.
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