A single photograph of the Rotherhithe Tunnel under the Thames (in London) taken in 1959, the 6th part of an archive of work

One photograph  by Robert F. SHEEHAN (1922-1969)-- See lot 216 for more details about the archive.

Striking example of controlled color and found abstraction, taken with a Leica camera, Winter 1959.  

Literary title: Thames tunnel. Date: 1959. Process: Printon. 

Image size (exposed portion) --9" x 6.5; mat frame approx. 20" x 15.5"

Image is well preserved, mounted to board and matted.

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Select References: 

Robert F. Sheehan: Color Photography 1948-58. Illustrated with reproductions of Sheehan's photographs. Oblong 8vo, photo-pictorial wrappers. Middletown, CT. : Wesleyan University, 1987.

Christies NY 19th & 20th Century Photographs, Monday, October 31, 1988.Lots: 264, 492, & 536.

Swann. Photographic Literature & Photographs. Dec 07, 2006 - Sale 2097 - Lot 497