Artist: Lennart Nilsson (Swedish, 1922 - 2017).
Title: "A Month-Old Human Embryo".
Medium: Vintage photogravure.
Date: Composed 1974. Printed 1974.
Dimensions: Overall size: 17 1/4 x 13 in. (438 x 330 mm). Image size: 10 3/16 x 10 3/16 in. (259 x 259 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in the plate. Intended edition of 950 (of which all were printed?). High-grade white Bristol archival paper. Full margins, as issued. Fine, quality printing. Fine condition. Comment(s): Nilsson was noted for his photographs of human embryos and other medical subjects once considered impossible to photograph, and more generally for his extreme macro photography. He was also considered to be among Sweden’s first modern photojournalists. Very scarce. Quite possibly printed in a run of far less than the 950 proposed. The printing was derived from a high-resolution negative produced with Polaroid Type 105 Positive/Negative film. In the early 1970s Polaroid launched a project to show that this film process could successfully compete with gelatin silver prints as a fine art medium. The company gave cameras plus a generous stock of film to leading photographers of the day. Their output was then published by the Polaroid Corporation. Image copyright © The Estate of Lennart Nilsson. [24700-3-100] |
