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Photographs: Unveiled Beauty

Thursday 14 March 2024, 03:00 PM • Milan

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Anonimo

Untitled (Erotic scene), 1900s

Estimate

€ 200 - 300

Sold

€ 103

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Two albumen prints, each one applied on original cardboard
cm 9,5 x 5,6 ; cm 8,8 x 5,9 (cm 10,5 each cardboard) | 3.7 x 2.4 in. ; 3.5 x 2.3 in. (4.1 x 2.4 in. each cardboard)

In a context dedicated to nudity, pornographic photography could not be missing. Often produced in small formats similar to calling cards, almost always without reference to the author, they represented an important document of the “forbidden”. These images should be analyzed from an anthropological and sartorial perspective rather than purely for their aesthetic value.