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Photograph
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Three Generations of Miners. A Welsh Coal-Mining Town, Wales, Great Britain
W. Eugene Smith (American, 1918–1978) · 1950
$8,890 price realized incl. premium
≈ £7,034≈ €8,200
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print, mounted to board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed in pencil on the recto
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 9½ x 12½ in. (24.1 x 31.8 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs (NY040124)
- Date
- April 5, 2024
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 352
- Estimate
- $5,000 – $7,000 (≈ £3,956 – £5,538) (≈ €4,612 – €6,457)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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