W EUGENE SMITH (1918 1978) Woman and child by car window fro

Sale 2474 - Lot 158

Price Realized: $ 6,000

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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000

W. EUGENE SMITH (1918-1978)
Woman and child by car window, from the Nurse Midwife photo essay in LIFE Magazine. Silver print, the image measuring 9 7/8x13 1/4 inches (25.1x33.7 cm.), with Smith's extensive caption, in block letters and in pencil, and his West Street hand stamp, on verso. 1951

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Smith's lengthy handwritten caption, which is trimmed at the very edges, reads: "Married but childless. Affie King adopted chil[d], born on Monday, traveled 43 miles[s] on Thursday to pick it up. Have caption but not name of child. Mother unmarried but of sound mind."