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Lot 148
Sale 5856 - Photographs & Photobooks
Sep 11, 2019
9:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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SUSAN MEISALAS (AMERICAN, B. 1948) GROUP OF 12 PHOTOGRAPHS OF MESKITO INDIANS, NICARAGUA
1985. Printed blurb and number code in ink on verso of each. Resin-coated gelatin silver prints.
Image: 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (15.9 x 23.5cm) each.
Sheet: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4cm) each.
Susan Meisalas joined Magnum Photos, a cooperative of documentary photographers, in 1976. These images depict the Meskito Indians returning to Waspan, their homeland, after being ousted by the Nicaraguan Army fours years prior.