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Robert Doisneau
Mademoiselle Anita
- Estimate
- $7,000 - 9,000
Lot Details
Gelatin silver print, printed 1974.
1951
14 1/8 x 11 1/4 in. (35.9 x 28.6 cm)
Signed and extensively inscribed to Lee Witkin in French in ink in the margin; annotated and numbered AP 1/3 in pencil on the verso.
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Catalogue Essay
The full inscription reads:
'It probably wasn't her real name but we called her: ANITA a dancing name of course. She was twenty years old - that's all I know about her - thirty years ago - let's not get melancholy. For you Lee Witkin this pinned image, warmly yours, Robert Doisneau'
'It probably wasn't her real name but we called her: ANITA a dancing name of course. She was twenty years old - that's all I know about her - thirty years ago - let's not get melancholy. For you Lee Witkin this pinned image, warmly yours, Robert Doisneau'
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