3 studio portraits of Shirley Kessel, wife of LIFE photographer Dimitri Kessel

by Philippe Halsman

$950 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Gelatin silver prints. Large format 13-1/2 x 10-3/4 inches . Light edgewear at corners; docketed on verso with Halsman's studio stamp; prints numbered in pencil 17, 31, 40 ; Near Fine. Item #235330 Three intimiate and suprisingly straight portraits from a photographer known for his unusual methods and and results. Shirely Kessel was the wife of LIFE photographer Dimitri Kessel.

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