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Sale 5856 - Photographs & Photobooks
Sep 11, 2019
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ABBAS (IRANIAN, 1944–2018) TWO PHOTOGRAPHS OF ISLAMIC MEN IN SENEGAL, 1988
1988. Printed blurb, and notations and number codes in ink on verso. Resin-coated gelatin silver prints.
Images/sheets: 7 1/2 x 11 in.(19.1 x 27.9cm).
Abbas joined Magnum Photos, a cooperative of documentary photographers, in 1981. He is known for documenting conflicts in Biafra, Bangladesh, Northern Ireland, Vietnam, the Middle East, Chile, Cuba, and South Africa during apartheid, and for his work on various religions.