Sally Mann (American/Virginia, b. 1951), "Picnic", 1992, gelatin silver print on non-archival paper, pencil-inscribed letter to Jordan Patkin signed "S" en verso, 10 in. x 7 7/8 in., unframed. Provenance: Gift from the artist to antique camera collector, Jordan Patkin; thence by descent. Note: Sally Mann is one of the most renowned photographers in the world. Born in Lexington, Virginia in 1951, Mann began studying photography in the late 1960s through workshops in Yosemite National Park and at the Putney School and Bennington College, both in Vermont. She attended Hollins College in Roanoke, Virginia where she received her BA and MA. In contrast to her peers who were creating large-scale color photographic prints, Mann focused on nineteenth-century developing and printing techniques. In 2001, Time Magazine named Mann ?America?s Best Photographer.? Mann lives in Virginia and is represented by Gagosian Gallery in New York City.Jordan Patkin was a renowned antique camera collector. He loaned cameras to the Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York and also to Sally Mann, who would mail him examples of the works she produced with his lenses with handwritten letters on the back such as in the lots offered here.Ref.: ?Sally Mann.? Gagosian. www.gagosian.com. Accessed May 2, 2024.

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