JEANLOUP SIEFF (1933-2000)
Petite cocotte, Paris, 1981
gelatin silver print
signed and dated in ink (in the margin)
image: 18 x 11 3/4in. (45.5 x 30cm.)
sheet: 20 x 16 in. (51 x 40.4cm.)
mount: 24 x 18in. (61 x 45.7cm)
This work is sold in a black wooden frame.
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