W. Eugene Smith: Dr. Albert Schweitzer LIFE Mag. Exhibit Fiber Gel. Silver Print

Description

W. Eugene Smith
Man of Mercy: Dr. Albert Schweitzer, West Gabon Africa
F
rom the LIFE Magazine photo essay published in the November 15, 1954 issue.
Double weight fiber print made by Time-LIFE.
Details:
This press print was made under permission of the photographer's estate to promote a LIFE Magazine photo exhibition held in New York from November 11, 1984 to January 13, 1985. It is over 35 years old and was intended for circulation to media organizations who requested it for publishing in newspaper and magazine articles or television broadcast. It was not made from the original negative, but instead from a master negative made specially for making multiple prints that consistently looked the same. On the back of the print is a caption detailing the exhibition with date and image info.
Double weight, fiber base, semi glossy gelatin silver print.
- Photo date: 1954
- Print date: 1990.
Size:
8 x 10 inches (204 mm x 254 mm).
Condition:
This pint is in good condition with only a few minor condition issues. This includes tape marks on the reverse and a spot in the lower left portion of the reverse where a sticker was removed. The image is also lighter at the bottom and retouching brush marks can be seen in some parts of the image.
* Page from LIFE Magazine is for reference only and not included in this sale.
Terms:
Payment:
Due within three days of auction ending.
Returns:
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Copyright:
Purchase of this print is for collecting purposes only and does not permit copyright usage in any form.
Shipping:
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Please check out our other auctions. We have a number of photojournalism images by W. Eugene Smith, plus W. Eugene Smith Grant winner Gilles Peress. Also David Douglas Duncan images of the Korean War and Pablo Picasso; Pulitzer Prize winner Kyoichi Sawada's Vietnam War images; LIFE Magazine photographers Margaret Bourke-White and Sam Shaw; surrealist views by Martin Munkacsi; famed artist portraits by Arnold Newman; fashion photos by Sarah Moon; documentary views of Paris by Edouard Boubat and Brassai; movie star and celebrity images of Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand, John Huston, Lawrence Olivier, Joe DiMaggio, Paul Newman, and Robert Mitchum. Lastly we have art photos by Alfred Stieglitz.
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