Sale 1287
New York
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20 October 2003
Price realised
USD 2,151
Estimate
ILSE BING Untitled (Portrait of a shade, New York); and Untitled (Hydrangea, New York) 2 gelatin silver prints. 1953. The first signed and dated in ink on the reverse of the flush-mount; the second signed and dated in pencil on the verso. 19¾ x 15in. (50.2 x 38.2cm.); and 16 x 20in. (40.6 x 50.8cm.) (2)
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Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACCESSIONS PROGRAM
The library of the novelist included a translation by a brilliant young mathematician that foresaw the age of computing
Offered in the ONE sale on 10 July in New York, Annie epitomises the genre that made the artist one of the most celebrated of his generation