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W. Eugene Smith

Wichita/Kansas 1918 – 1978 Tucson/Arizona

Charlie Chaplin resting between takes, from the reportage ”Chaplin at work”. 1952

Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 23,5 × 33,8 cm (9 ¼ × 13 ¼ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: W. Eugene Smith. Charlie Chaplin resting between takes, from the reportage ”Chaplin at work”. 1952.

Estimate:

EUR 1,500

 

- 2,500

USD 1,760

 

- 2,940

Sold for:

2,125 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 2020

Photography, Wednesday, 02.12.2020

Information

Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 23,5 × 33,8 cm (9 ¼ × 13 ¼ in.). Laid down on original cardboard (40,5 x 50,6 cm), with a stamp thereupon on the reverse: "Photograph by W. Eugene Smith / This authenticated photograph was in the private collection of W. Eugene Smith at the time of his death – October 15, 1978". Gallery label with printed work information, among others: "Ex-collection: Juanita Smith", as well as inscribed and numbered by various other hands in pencil.

LIFE, vol. 32, no. 11 (17.3.1952), p. 121 (there image caption: Resting between takes, Chaplin, dressed in animaltrainer clothes, slumps amid a litter of props and light stands. This uncharacteristic show of fatigue was the beginning of virus infection which suspended shooting for a week.) / W. Eugene Smith. Master of the Photographic Essay. New York 1981, p. 107 / Photographie des 20. Jahrhunderts. Museum Ludwig Cologne. Cologne 1996, p. 632

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