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Lot 13: LEONARD McCOMBE

Est: £4,000 GBP - £6,000 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 26, 2010

Item Overview

Description

LEONARD McCOMBE
Portrait of Texas Cowboy Clarence Hailey Long, 1949
gelatin silver print
annotated in pencil, photographer's credit stamp (verso)
13 5/8 x 10in. (34.7 x 25.6cm.)

Artist or Maker

Literature

'Texas Cowboy', Life, 12 September 1949, cover and extended picture story.

Notes

This Life magazine reportage became the inspiration to advertising agent Leo Burnett for his 'Marlboro Man' campaign, launched in 1954. The eventual advertising images have earned a significant place in the histories of art, photography and western culture through their appropriation and dramatic re-contextualisation by artist Richard Prince.

Auction Details

Photographs

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Christie's
November 26, 2010, 12:00 AM GMT

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK