SMITH W EUGENE (1918 1978) Spanish Spinner

Sale 2158 - Lot 213

Unsold

Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000

SMITH, W. EUGENE (1918-1978)
"Spanish Spinner." Silver print, 21x15 inches (53.3x38.1 cm.), with Smith's copyright, in pencil, on mount verso, in Leslie Teicholz's hand. 1950; printed 1970-1971

Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

Originally in the collection of Leslie Teicholz, Smith's assistant and agent; to the present owner.
This photograph was exhibited at the Jewish Museum in 1971.
One of the central images associated with Smith's Spanish Village series, it was reproduced in the photo story "Spanish Village," in LIFE Magazine, April 9, 1951, and achieved instant popularity.
W. Eugene Smith: Master of the Photographic Essay, cover and 76.
W. Eugene Smith: Photographs 1934-1975, 115 and 327.