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Wednesday 18 December 2024, 11:00 AM • Milan

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George Hurrell

(1904 - 1992)

Portfolio II, 1930/1946

Estimate

€ 1.800 - 2.500

Sold

€ 1.290

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Eight gelatin silver prints in original box, printed in 1980
cm 50,5 x 60,5 (cm 48,5 x 59 picture) each | 19.9 x 23.8 in. (19.1 x 23.2 in. picture) each

Edition 17 of 190
Each one numbered and signed in black ink on the white inferior recto margin
Work accompanied by 6 didactic sheets


There is a type of collector who does not only collect single photographs but also appreciates larger works such as collections, portfolios, documentation of the creativity of the most diverse authors.
The box created in 1980 by George Hurrell collects eight black and white prints: they are portraits of great film stars taken between 1930 and 1946, i.e. during the period in which he left the MGM studios to work as an independent before moving to Warner Bros. Encouraged to photography by Edward Steichen who had appreciated the shots he took as proof of his paintings, Hurrell stood out and was appreciated for the glamorous style with which he photographed the film stars of the time.