MANN, SALLY
Sally Mann (Gagosian Gallery Exhibition 2006)
Gagosian Gallery, New York: 2006
- $400
Quarto. 12 x 14.25 in. Illustrated with 23 plates of gelatin silver prints with facial subjects Jessie, Emmett, and Virginia (Mann's children). Signed by Mann on the title page. Published in correlation with the exhibition held at the Gagosian Gallery from March 16-April 22, 2006. Scarce edition, and especially signed. Fine in original white cloth with lettering on spine in gilt and pictorial pastedown to upper board.
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I Shall Save One Land Unvisited: Eleven Southern Photographers. (Signed x Williams, Greene and Mendes)
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