Oct 31, 2024 - Sale 2684

Sale 2684 - Lot 208

Unsold
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
WILLIAM MORTENSEN (1897-1965)
A portfolio entitled "Compositions," with 8 studies of the female form. Circa 1938.
Silver prints on gevelux paper, the images each measuring approximately 14⅛x11½ inches (35.9x29.2 cm.), and slightly smaller, the sheets 15½x12¼ inches (39.4x31.1 cm.), and slightly smaller, each with Mortensen's signature and all but one with the title in ink on recto. Folio-size pictorial wrappers, worn; each enclosed in a glassine sheet; contents loose as issued.

Maid in Lather * The Sea Breeze * Competition * Morocco * Salomé * The Little Chair * On the Beach * Untitled