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Lot 332: KOEN WESSING

Est: £1,000 GBP - £1,500 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomMay 21, 2010

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KOEN WESSING

Chili, September 1973. Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij, 1973.

Quarto (248 x 200 mm). 24 black and white photographs, most of these double-page. Original tan wrappers printed in black (some browning as often, light spotting).

FIRST EDITION of Wessing's powerful document of the Pinochet coup. An 'extremely elegant photobook', each image 'carefully considered, modest and succinct... despite the difficulties of taking photographs in such a tense and difficult situation' (The Photobook). The Photobook, vol. I, p.229.

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Auction Details

Photobooks

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Christie's
May 21, 2010, 02:30 PM GMT

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