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Lot 40
Sale 1274 - Forever Young: Photographs from the Joe Baio Collection
Oct 19, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / New York
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Ben Shahn (1898-1969)
Child of Fortuna Family, Hammond, Louisiana, Strawberry Picker, 1935
Child of Fortuna Family, Hammond, Louisiana, Strawberry Picker, 1935
Gelatin silver exhibition print, flush-mounted on masonite and printed c. 1935, signed and inscribed 'this image was photographed by Ben Shahn and has been in my personal collection, acquired from the F.S.A. in 1939-40' by Marion Post Wolcott in pencil and 'Ben Shahn F.S.A.' credit in ink on the reverse of the flush-mount verso.
image/ sheet/ flush-mount: 9 1/4 x 7 1/4in. (23.5 x 18.4cm.)