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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Bert Hardy, Gorbals Boys, Glasgow, 1948
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Bert Hardy, Gorbals Boys, Glasgow, 1948

Bert Hardy 1913-1995

Gorbals Boys, Glasgow, 1948
Early silver gelatin print
23 x 30.5 cms
9 x 12 ins
Signed and dated
14911

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Printed late 1950s/early 1960s. Bert Hardy's most famous image and an icon of twentieth century British photography. The earliest known signed and dated print of this celebrated image.
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Printed late 1950s/early 1960s.


Bert Hardy's most famous image and an icon of twentieth century British photography.


The earliest known signed and dated print of this celebrated image.




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Provenance

Gifted directly from the photographer to his business partner, Gerry Grove.

Grove, a printer, went into business with Hardy in the late 1950s, and the two set up Grove Hardy at 2 Burrow Mews, Southwark, which became one of the finest darkrooms in London.

Thence by descent.
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