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GREECE - PHOTOGRAPHY
HENDERSON (WILLIAM) Album containing 88 photographs, 1939

27 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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GREECE - PHOTOGRAPHY

HENDERSON (WILLIAM) Album containing 88 photographs, gelatin silver prints on thick paper, all mounted on stubs, crushed red morocco by Bayntun Riviere, gilt lettered on spine 'Photographs of Greece: 1939', binding sunned, large 4to (370 x 300mm.), 1939

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William Henderson (1903-1993) had a privileged upbringing, before studying at the Westminster School of Art under Mark Gertler and Eliot Hodgkin. After a stint as ADC to Linlithgow and to Wavell during the war, he held two major exhibitions at the Redfern Gallery. Images range from ancient ruins to modern locations including Mykonos.

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