W. Eugene Smith - Photographs London Friday, May 19, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
    Private Collection
    Bonhams, New York, 25 April 2017, lot 64

  • Literature

    W. Eugene Smith, Master of the Photographic Essay, New York: Aperture, 1981, p. 154 (variant)
    B. Maddow & J. Morris, Let Truth Be The Prejudice: W. Eugene Smith: His Life and Photographs, New York: Aperture, 1985, p. 176 (variant)
    J. Hughes, W. Eugene Smith: Shadow & Substance: The Life and Work of an American Photographer, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1989, n.p. (variant)
    G. Mora & J. Hill, W. Eugene Smith: The Camera as Conscience, London: Thames & Hudson, 1998, p. 188 (variant)
    Dream Street: W. Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh Project, New York: Lyndhurst, 2001, p. 5 (variant)

PHOTOGRAPHS FROM A PRIVATE COTSWOLDS COLLECTION

104

Railroad Tracks, Pittsburgh

1955-1956
Gelatin silver print, printed 1970s, mounted.
33.8 x 22.8 cm (13 1/4 x 8 7/8 in.)
Estate stamp on the reverse of the mount.

Estimate
£3,000 - 5,000 

Sold for £3,810

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Photographs

London Auction 19 May 2023