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March Gallery Auction

Fri, Mar 20, 2026 01:00PM EDT
Lot 3206

Henry Holmes Smith, Grotesque, Photograph

Estimate: $300 - $500

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Henry Holmes Smith (American, 1909-1986) Grotesque, 1950, silver gelatin print, [approximate dimensions - image: 10 7/8" H x 8 3/4" W], titled, dated and signed in graphite on low margin of mat board. 

Condition

Print dry mounted on board. Overall minor toning, with discoloration along the mat edges not images. Mat measures 20" H x 16" W. Ask Fine Art Department for more photographs. 

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Property from the estate of Reed Estabrook, photographer and Head of the Photography Department at San Jose State University from 1984 - 2012.

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