This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/1/2020
Berenice Abbott silver gelatin print of French artist Marie Laurencin, one of Abbott's earliest portrait photographs from 1926 while in Paris. Glossy photo measures 10.875'' x 10.5'', mounted to 16'' x 20'' board upon which Abbott signs in pencil, ''Berenice Abbott''. Also with Abbott's Maine address stamp on verso. Some foxing to mat, also with very light foxing and abrasions to photo. Overall in very good condition. Acquired by John Robert Tennant Sr., photographer for the Smithsonian's National Gallery of Art, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and then by descent to consignor.