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Lot Description

Max Yavno

(American, 1911-1985)

Two Chinese, San Francisco, 1947 (printed c. 1970s)

gelatin silver print

signed on mount

20 x 16 inches.

Literature:
The Photography of Max Yavno, University of California Press, 1981 (plate 35)

Provenance:
Personal Collection of Max Yavno
Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles

Condition Report

Framed: 30 ½ x 25 5/8 inches.
Mount: 28 x 22 inches.
Image:19 ¼ x 15 ¼ inches.
Mounted, mount corner hinged to backmat in three places, instances of surface dust, thin horizontal indentation visible in raking light along top of image, crease with bunching to right side of image near address numbers, two pinpoint indentations and small crease to lower right side of right figure visible in raking light, scuff and scratch visible in raking light near right figure’s shoes, small scratches visible in raking light left corner, scuff to lower left of left figure. Please request additional images.

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