Sale 7584
London
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15 May 2008
Price realised
GBP 17,300
Estimate
FLORENCE HENRI (1893-1982) Composition (plates and mirrors), 1929 gelatin silver print signed by photographer, credited, titled and numbered '20' in other hands in pencil on verso 13½ x 10¾in. (34.2 x 27.2cm.)
Provenance
As lot 27.
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