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Erich Lessing (1923 - * Austrian)
Erich Lessing (1923 - * Austrian)
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Description
Bob Hope buying a "chapka", Moscow, 1958, later impression
Unframed black and white photograph on paper
Signed in graphite verso: Erich Lessing, stamped with the Lesser archive stamp veros
Image size: 9.25" H x 14" W
Provenance: Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA.

Notes: The present work depicts Bob Hope buying a traditional Russian "chapka" at the "Gum" stores in Moscow. "Hope was doing a documentary on the Soviet capital and bought short films for his television program, a first result of the new USA-USSR cultural exchange agreement" (www.lessingimages.com, image number 58-05-10/16). Paper size: 11.75" H x 16.5" W.
Condition
Generally good condition. The extreme upper left corner bent. Unframed, as stated, in an archival sleeve.
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Erich Lessing (1923 - * Austrian)

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