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The Library of a Deceased Irish Collector
Lot 221

[JOYCE (JAMES)] O'NEAL (HANK)
Berenice Abbott: American Photographer, [New York], Artpress, 1982

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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[JOYCE (JAMES)]

O'NEAL (HANK) Berenice Abbott: American Photographer, EDITION DE LUXE, ONE OF 400 COPIES signed by the photographer, with framed gelatin silver print portrait of Joyce (360 x 280mm.), printed 1982, mounted on board, signed below right in pencil ("Berenice Abbott") and numbered 7/100 below left, the book in publisher's red cloth, slipcase, folio, [New York], Artpress, 1982

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One hundred copies of the limited edition were issued with the Joyce portrait; the others in the run included different images by Abbott. See illustration overleaf.

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