Sebastião Salgado
(born 1944)
Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), Rábida Island, the Galápagos [tail], 2004, from "Genesis"
(born 1944)
Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), Rábida Island, the Galápagos [tail], 2004, from "Genesis"
Sale 1131 - Photographs
Dec 6, 2022
1:00PM CT
Live / Chicago
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$5,000 -
7,000
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Sebastião Salgado
(born 1944)
Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), Rábida Island, the Galápagos [tail], 2004, from "Genesis"
(born 1944)
Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), Rábida Island, the Galápagos [tail], 2004, from "Genesis"
Gelatin silver print, printed later, copyright blindstamp in the margin; signed, titled 'Galapagos, Ecuador' and dated in pencil on the verso.
image: 14 3/4 x 20 1/4in. (37.4 x 51.3m.)
sheet: 20 x 24in. (50.8 x 61cm.)
An Important Western Collection
Literature:
Salgado, ed., Sebastião Salgado: Genesis, Taschen, 2013, pp. 122-123
Other wonderful examples of Salgado's "photographic homage to the world in its natural state," as he describes it, can be found elsewhere in this sale.
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