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1950 Double weight silver gelatin photograph of cross dressing actress/model Li Kar by famed photographer Romaine of San Francisco and stamped on the back. 
A spectacular piece of art in wonderful condition.
Size - 20cm x 25cm.
Good condition with some signs of age, see photos for details.



Gelatin-silver print - Artist's stamp, Studio stamp - 1950

Romaine of San Francisco - Li Kar, cross dressing actress/model, 1950

Photography

Subject

Fine art photography

Nude

Portrait

Documentary photography

Landscape

Photojournalism

Military and war

Architecture

Cityscape

Pop Culture

Nature

Still life

Seascape

History

Illustrated

Travels

Technique

Digital print

Gelatin-silver print

C-Print

Photolithography

Fine art print

Giclée

Inkjet print

Mixed technique

Polaroid

Photogravure

Mixed media

Albumen paper process

Carbon print

Daguerreotype

Ferrotype

Platinotype

Collage

Cibachrome

Ambrotype

Unknown

Artist

Bess Irissa

Lida Khaykara

Elena Paraskeva

Larry Clark (1943–)

Dominik Valvo

Steve McCurry (1950–)

Man Ray (1890–1976)

Ben Dauchez

Bert Stern (1929–2013)

Tessa Posthuma de Boer

Viet Ha Tran

Frank Machalowski

Helmut Newton (1920–2004)

Marcus Cederberg

Téber

Ansel Adams (1902–1984)

Fabian Kimmel

Maurizio Galimberti (1956–)

Elliott Erwitt (1928–2018)

Erminando Aliaj

Agathe Toman

Andre Lichtenberg

Arnold Mariashin

Claudio Montecucco

Daniela Scanu

Signature

Hand signed

Not signed

Plate signed

Signed

Studio stamp

Gallery Stamp

Dimensions

Height

From

Width

Depth

Budget

Location

Spain

France

Italy

The Netherlands

Germany

Belgium

Portugal

United Kingdom

United States

Cyprus

Sweden

Latvia

Slovak Republic

Israel

Poland

Austria

Estonia

Finland

Hungary

Lithuania

Ireland

Switzerland

Romania

Türkiye

Closing date

Tuesday

17 October

18 October

tomorrow

Thursday

21 October

20 October

Wednesday

22 October

Sunday

Monday

Reserve price

No reserve price

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Photograph

Artwork

Print

Painting

Music photograph

Music memorabilia / merchandise

Book

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Fine art print, Inkjet print - Hand signed - Edition of 10 signed and numbered copies + Certificate of authenticity - 2025

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