John Goodman - Lagrange Street, Boston 1975 (Printed 2009)

This famous black-and-white photograph is titled "Lagrange Street, Boston, 1975" and was taken by American photographer John Goodman. The image captures a scene of daily life inside Boston's historic "Combat Zone", the city's official red-light district during the 1970s and 1980s. In the shot you see a woman with her back to the camera on the sidewalk, dressed in skimpy summer clothes and high-heeled shoes, as she crosses the gaze of a passerby walking in the opposite direction, with the backdrop of an antique car and the urban buildings of the era.

Artist: John Goodman (American, b. 1946). Internationally renowned photographer whose works are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY) and the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston).

Title of the Work: Lagrange Street, Boston, 1975 (From the famous series on the "Combat Zone", Boston's red-light district in the 1970s).

Type of Object: Proof print / Layout scan for editorial and typographic verification (Layout scan)

Date of capture: 1975

Date of print: 04/2009 (indicated on the back)

Details on the back: Label with the wording "Medium Resolution / Layout Scan - Do Not Print / Digi-Scitex", studio stamp with title, date and client code handwritten "G 2 F S"

Condition: Excellent condition, outer corners perfect (see photo)

Support: Professionally mounted print on archival stiff cardboard

Presentation: Includes an original-era window mat, ready to be placed in a frame