Girl with pigtails, Kontula, Helsinki, 1967

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ISMO HÖLTTÖ (b.1940 Finnish)
Girl with pigtails, Kontula, Helsinki, 1967
unique gelatin silver print
signed in pencil, credit stamp on verso
15½ x 11½in. (39.4 x 29.2cm.)

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Lot Essay

The present lot is a unique vintage print of this image.

This image was taken in the Northeastern Helsinki suburb of Kontula, an area known for its concentration of government funded 60s and 70s high-rise apartment buildings constructed to house swelling urban populations.

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