ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985) The dancer Clayton “Peg Leg” Bates, Paris 1929
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30
30
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€2,160
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AI_14_33540
Starting Price €1,800
Estimate € 3.000 – 4.000
Estimate € 3.000 – 4.000
ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985) The dancer Clayton “Peg Leg” Bates, Paris 1929
Vintage silver print 12,7 x 17,7 cm Photographer's studio and reproduction stamp on the reverse, annotated in an unidentified hand in ink on the reverse Bates was an African American entertainer from Fountain Inn, South Carolina. He lost a leg at the age of 12 in a cotton gin accident. He subsequently taught himself to tap dance with a wooden peg leg.
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