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Optical Illusion (Senator Henry Jackson), 1969

    Price Realised USD 125
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    UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER

    Optical Illusion (Senator Henry Jackson), 1969

    Price Realised USD 125
    Price Realised USD 125
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    UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER
    Optical Illusion (Senator Henry Jackson), 1969
    ferrotyped gelatin silver press print
    stamped with date, with affixed typed caption (verso)
    image: 75⁄8 x 91⁄2 in. (19.4 x 24.1 cm.)
    sheet: 81⁄8 x 10 in. (20.6 x 25.4 cm.)
    Exhibited
    Arles, Recontres de la Photographie, Sans Regard or No Eyes: Photographs from W.M. Hunt / Collection Dancing Bear, 2005.
    Rochester, George Eastman House, The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the W.M. Hunt Collection, October 1, 2011–February 19, 2012.
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    Lot Essay

    The caption reads:

    'Appearances can be deceiving. Such was the case when a photographer snapped this picture of Senator Henry M. Jackson, who was speaking at a christening for a new ship in California. Two microphones which he was using made him look as if he were wired to an optical devise.'
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