Lot 164: IVAN SHAGIN | Athletes, Spartak and Winners

silver gelatin print

largest: 33.5 by 23.5cm, 13 1/4 by 9 1/4 in.; smallest: 26 by 17.5cm, 10 1/4 by 6 3/4 in.

silver gelatin print

Athletes and Winners have creasing mostly at the corners which has cracked the emulsion layer in places. There is a tear of approximately 5mm in the centre of the top edge of Athletes.All three show general wear and tear to the edges with minor resultant losses to the emulsion layer. There are minor scattered areas of retouching to the surface of the white areas in Spartak, all three have minor retouching in the print. Spartak also has faint marker pen lines along the left and right edges. Held behind glass in simple black frames. Unexamined out of frames.
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