Original Silver-Gelatin Photograph. Sapphic Erotic Scene, ca. 1900

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$100 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books · No longer available

n.p. n.d. Original silver-gelatin photograph, 10 x 8 with narrow borders. Unattributed, without backstamp, ca. 1900. Mild edge-creasing; hint of soil verso; Very Good. A completely anonymous image, in keeping with the taboo subject matter. Such photographs were widely distributed sub rosa prior to WW1.

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