The Bent Ear, 1989

Name: SALLY MANN (B. 1951)
Brand: The Bent Ear, 1989
Price: 6000.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised USD 7,560

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USD 7,000 - USD 9,000

Closed: 7 Apr 2022

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SALLY MANN (B. 1951)

The Bent Ear, 1989

Price Realised USD 7,560

Closed: 7 Apr 2022

Price Realised USD 7,560

Closed: 7 Apr 2022

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SALLY MANN (B. 1951)
The Bent Ear, 1989
gelatin silver print
signed, titled, dated, and numbered '10/25' and variously annotated in pencil (verso); credited and numbered on affixed label (frame backing board)
image: 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (24.4 x 19.3 cm.)
sheet: 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (24.4 x 20 cm.)
This work is number ten from an edition of twenty-five.

Houk Friedman Gallery, New York;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 1995.

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Lot Essay

Sally Mann’s, , are a series of photographs that were taken between the mid-1980’s to the mid-1990’s of her three children Emmet, Jessie and Virginia. The series documents their childhoods growing up in the countryside on their family farm in rural Virginia. In 1992, Mann published her seminal book, (Aperture), which brought her international acclaim and recognition for her raw, yet sublime images, encompassing a freedom and intimacy seldomly photographed within the sacred circle of the family.