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Lot 138: EUGENE RICHARDS

Est: £700 GBP - £1,000 GBP
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomMay 19, 2009

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EUGENE RICHARDS
Dorchester Days. [Wollaston, Massachusetts:] Many Voices Press, 1978.

Quarto (302 x 230 mm). 77 black and white photographs. Original photo-illustrated wrappers (spine evenly faded, lightly rubbed). Provenance: Eugene Richards (gift inscription to:) -- 'Chris' -- Camera Magazine (stamp, receipt date in manusctipt).

FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED WARMLY BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER at the time of publication: 'Chris, neither of us seem overcome by people with generous impulses. Your kindnesses really mean a lot to me. Love -- Gene'. From the library of Camera Magazine. 'His involvement with those he is photographing is total, and he is one of the best of photojournalists in getting that across'. (The Photobook). The Open Book, 320-21; The Photobook, vol. II, pp.30-1.

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Auction Details

Photobooks

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Christie's
May 19, 2009, 02:00 PM WET

85 Old Brompton Road, London, LDN, SW7 3LD, UK