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Arnold GentheThe Balloon Man, Chinatown, San Francisco;
24 – 25 October 2006, 10:00 PDT
San FranciscoSold for US$1,792.50 inc. premium
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The Balloon Man, Chinatown, San Francisco, 1896-1906
Warm-toned gelatin silver print, signed in ink on the image, framed.
9 1/2 x 7 3/8in
Warm-toned gelatin silver print, signed in ink on the image, framed.
9 1/2 x 7 3/8in
Footnotes
Literature:
John Kuo Wei Tchen, Genthe's Photographs of San Francisco's Old Chinatown (New York: Dover Publications, 1984), p. 72, pl. 60
The balloon man is one of two German-Jewish brothers known as the 'Sa Ling Brothers' who ran a store on Dupont Road (now Grant Avenue) and were fluent in Chinese.
