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Lagerfeld, Karl

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The Emperor's New Clothes

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Portfolio in wooden case

Light marks to case; occasional spots and minor handling marks to plates

Large-format portfolio of loose photographic plates in a dark paper folder, housed in a hinged wooden case with metal fittings. The folder is numbered 2518; the ribbon is printed with the title and Karl Lagerfeld's name.

Photographs credited to Karl Lagerfeld, with plates naming individual models and subjects. The photographs shown include nude portraits. Presumed complete from the library of a Vogue editor.

The wooden case shows light surface marks. Some plates show small spots or minor handling marks.

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