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Lot 465: PIRKLE JONES

Est: $3,000 USD - $5,000 USDSold:
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USJune 22, 2010

Item Overview

Description

PIRKLE JONES 1914-2009 SAN FRANCISCO VIEWS 2 plates from Portfolio Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the Founding of the United Nations at San Francisco (San Francisco, 1955), each mounted, signed in pencil on the mount, the portfolio and 'Photography Collection of the Polaroid Corporation' labels, the second with typed title, credit and process and accession information in ink, on the reverse, 1952 and 1955, printed in 1955, from an edition of 150 (2) Each approximately 10 by 13¼ in. (25.4 by 33.6 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Provenance

Each acquired from the photographer in May 1957 for the Library Collection

Notes

These images were included in a portfolio commemorating the 10th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations at San Francisco. The Bank of America sponsored the production of the portfolio, which was given in 1955 to delegates who were present at the organization's founding in Jones's adopted city.

Auction Details

Photographs from the Polaroid Collection

by
Sotheby's
June 22, 2010, 12:00 PM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US