James Joyce Paris, 1928

by James Joyce, Berenice Abbott

$3,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Silver print on medium paper, stamped. 14 x 11 inches. Fine. Item #320663 Photographed in Berenice Abbott's Paris studio, the iconic image of Joyce wearing a hat. According to Abbott, who relied on natural light for her Paris portraits of the 1920s, Joyce wore the hat because of the extreme sensitivity of his eyesight.

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