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BERENICE ABBOTT (1898–1991)
Faces of the Twenties, 1981
Portland: Parasol Press, LTD., 1981. Portfolio of twelve gelatin silver prints, each mounted on board; each signed and numbered '14/60' in pencil (mount, recto); numbered fourteen from an edition of sixty numbered prints and five lettered prints, each stamped photographer's credit titled, and reproduction limitation in ink (mount, verso); each image/sheet approximately 1314 x 1014 in. (33.6 x 26 cm.), each mount 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.); together with title page and plate list; contained in cloth clamshell box (2112 x 17 1/2 x 2 in.)
Provenance
Parasol Press, Ltd., New York;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 1981.
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1. James Joyce
2. Princess Eugène Murat
3. Buddy Gilmore
4. Jean Cocteau's Hands
5. Eugène Atget
6. Edna St. Vincent Milay
7. André Gide
8. Janet Flanner
9. Mrs. Raymond Massey
10. Solita Solano
11. Princess Marthe Bibesco
12. Jean Cocteau

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