Sotheby's: Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art: Lot 100
Alfred Stieglitz
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Alfred Stieglitz
(1864-1946)
'THE STEERAGE'
small-format photogravure intended for Camera Work 36, signed, titled, and dated by the photographer in pencil in the margin, in the original white metal American Place frame, a typed caption label affixed to the glass, signed, titled, dated, and annotated 'Plate from Camera Work, No. 36 (artist proof)' by the photographer in ink on a printed American Place label, 2 Museum of Modern Art labels with typed caption information, and the Museum Department of Photography stamp on the reverse, 1907
7 1/2 by 6 in. 19.1 by 15.2 cm.
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Gift of the photographer, 1941
Exhibited
Sixty Photographs: A Survey of Camera Aesthetics, December 1940 - January 1941
Photographs from the Museum Collection, November 1958 - January 1959
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