19th Nov, 2024 13:00

Fine Photographs
 
Lot 68 §
 

Bert Hardy (1913-1995)

Bert Hardy (1913-1995)

GIBRALTAR, THE COMBINED FLEETS ASHORE, 1954. Silver gelatin print, printed later, image size 24 x 35.7cm, sheet size 30.7 x 40.9cm, signed by the photographer in ink lower right margin recto, with the photographer's Chartlands Farm stamp and typewritten caption affixed verso. Mounted and framed, frame size 43.5 x 53.5cm.

Gibraltar. The Combined Fleets Ashore. The beer is bottled, the girl is Spanish. They kick up their skirts, drink red or green water on commission and go back over the frontier without a stain on their reputation. Photograph by BERT HARDY.
- Picture Post Magazine, May 8, 1954.

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