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172. George Rodger (1908 - 1995) untitled (boys reading), c.1940s Three gelatin silver prints on Gavelux photographic paper, printed 1940s, also includes Wrestlers of the Korongo Tribe, Sudan, 1949 printed in reverse and Hippopotami in the mud wallows of Uganda, all prints are annotated in blue ink and pencil on verso by Colin and Grace Osman.
paper sizes 51 x 37.5cm (20 x 14¼ in.).
literature
Rodger, G. 1999, foldout (p.61).
provenance
Acquired by the present owner from Colin Osman who received the prints as a gift when he visited George Rodger in 1974. Colin Osman founded Creative Camera magazine in 1968. (3)

est. £1800 – £2200

Sold for £2600
Sale 651, 22nd May 2008


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