DAVID DOUGLAS DUNCAN (* 1916) Asphalt lake worker, Trinidad c. 1940

Hammer Price
€960
incl. Buyer's Premium

Estimate
€1,400 – 1,600

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Product number

AI_13_32340

2 Vintage silver prints each c. 24 x 18 cm The two reverses feature extensively handwritten descriptions by Duncan in pencil and typographic stamps It is the largest of the world's three natural asphalt lakes, the La Brea Pitch Lake. The lake is approximately 250 feet deep, with a surface area of 100 acres. Mining of the lake started in 1867, and an estimated 10 million tons of asphalt has been extracted since.