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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
W. EUGENE SMITH (1918-1978) Shakespeare Street, Pittsburgh. Silver print, the image measuring 13 1/2x6 7/8 inches (34.3x17.5 cm.), the mount 20x16 inches (50.8x40.6 cm.), with Smith's credit and Estate stamps and printing notations in pencil, on mount verso. Circa 1955
Provenance: Acquired directly from Smith's daughter by the Present Owner
In 1955, having just resigned Life magazine, W. Eugene Smith was commissioned to spend a few weeks in Pittsburgh and produce photographs for noted journalist and author Stefan Lorant's book commemorating the city's bicentennial. He ended up spending the whole year there compiling with about sixteen thousand photographs an epic study of the city.
