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[PHOTOGRAPHY]. LESSING, Erich (Austrian, 1923 - 2018). Nine Archeological Skull Photographs. 20th century. Chromogenic print photographs. Signed by “Magnum” contributor Lessing with informational labels to verso. Group of nine photographs, reprint by Lessing from the original 1954 negatives, documenting skull / cranium specimens from archeological collections around the world. Including a portrait of Professor Loring Brace of the University of Michigan. Photographed in Vienna. – Neolithic Skull plastered over; eyes inlaid with ivory. Amman, Jordan, kingdom. Photo taken 1954. (2 copies). – Plastered skull buried under the floor of a house. Israel Museum, Jerusalem. (2 copies) – Neanderthal skull from La Ferrassie, France dating to approximately 35,000 years ago. Anthropological Institute, Turin, Italy. – Skull of Homo habilis from Lake Turkana, Kenya. Turin, Italy. – Cast of the skull-cap of Peking Man excavated in 1966. Archaeological Collection of the People’s Republic, Beijing, China. – Skull Homo erectus from Sangiran, Java. Turin, Italy. –20 ¼ x 16”. Paper is clean. Excellent.