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Lot 136
Sale 994 - African Americana
Feb 23, 2022
11:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$200 -
400
Price Realized
$125
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A pair of portraits of African American subjects holding white babies.
3 3/4 x 5 3/8 in. silver gelatin photograph on cardstock mount (some surface damage including scratching and small bit of paper loss). -- 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. snapshot (large spots of discoloration, minor creasing). Verso inscription reads, "Kate & H[unt?] Jr. 4 weeks." Together, 2 portraits of African American women affectionately posed with white babies.
Property from a 35-Year Collection from the Southern United States