On offer is a large signed black and white photograph by British documentary photographer Graham Smith, born 1947. The image depicts a wet street at Easington Colliery in County Durham, with two figures walking beside the colliery wall.

The photograph is titled and dated 1977 on the reverse. It is signed by Graham Smith on the front mount and again on the reverse, providing two visible artist signatures.

Smith is recognised for documenting working class communities and industrial change in North East England. His work appeared alongside that of Chris Killip in the influential exhibition Another Country at the Serpentine Gallery in 1985. Serpentine Galleries.

A smaller example of the same image was sold by Chiswick Auctions in November 2023. That later print had an image size of 277 by 340 mm, approximately 10.9 by 13.4 inches. The present photograph has more than two and a half times the printed surface area, although size alone does not determine market value. Chiswick Auctions.

Key Features

Original photograph by Graham Smith.

Easington Colliery in County Durham.

Titled and dated 1977 on the reverse.

Signed on the front mount and reverse.

Large format black and white print.

Frame size. Approximately 27 by 23 inches.

Image size. Approximately 21 by 17.5 inches.

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Stock code 010826