Aug 18, 2022 - Sale 2613

Sale 2613 - Lot 22

Price Realized: $ 5,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000

(FÉRAL BENGA)


A pair of portraits of the iconic figure François "Féral" Benga.
Toned silver prints, one measuring 149x95 mm; 5 7/8x3 3/4 inches, the sheet 229x137 mm; 9x5 3/8 inches, the other 229x137 mm; 9x5 3/8 inches, each with the photographer Waléry's (Stanislaw Julian Ignacy Ostroróg) signature in ink on recto, and his Paris stamp on verso. Circa 1925-1929.