Oct 25, 2016 - Sale 2426

Sale 2426 - Lot 342

Price Realized: $ 2,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,800 - $ 2,200
(PHOTO BOOTH)
A group of 52 stunning photo booth and arcade portraits, most of which show the same African American woman.
Includes 34 of the woman posing in a booth alone in various outfits, with multiple images from the same sittings (cut), all showing the subject artfully and thoughtfully posing for the camera. The remaining 18 apparently showing children or family members, including 5 with a suited man. Silver prints, most images measuring 2x1 1/2 inches (5.1x3.8 cm.), one slightly larger (a Photomatic), and 7 measuring 3 1/2x2 1/2 inches (8.9x6.4 cm.), 2 with dates, in ink, and one of these with the subject's name, Bertha, in pencil, on verso. 1940s-50s