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W. Eugene Smith American 1918-1978

LOT 229

Spanish Wake

, 1951

Gelatin Silver Print
13"

Signed with a stylus in the print W. Eugene Smith, lower right and signed in pencil in mount W. Eugene Smith, lower right of matte board

$4,000 - $6,000
This lot is a gelatin silver print mounted on paperboard. This image is a part of Eugene Smith’s photo essay “Spanish Village%2C” published in LIFE Magazine in 1951. The iconic set of photos depicted the small rural village of Deleitosa,Spain,under the rule of dictator Francisco Franco. This photograph,“Spanish Wake%2C” captures an intimate scene upon the death of a villager. It was captioned in LIFE Magazine: “His wife,daughter,granddaughter and friends have their last earthly visit with a villager.”

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