Sotheby's: Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art: Lot 120
Alvin Langdon Coburn
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Alvin Langdon Coburn
(1882-1966)
SELECTED IMAGES OF LONDON
a group of 3 photographs, including Westminster Abbey, 'Steps, Houses of Parliament,' and 'Parliament,' the first tipped to a double mount, the others titled by the photographer in pencil on the reverse, early 1900s (3)
Each approximately 4 1/2 by 3 1/2 in. 11.4 by 8.9 cm.
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Leon Dabo, 1969
A variant of Westminster Abbey was reproduced in Coburn's 1909 book, London. A variant of Parliament appeared in G. K. Chesterton's London, 1914.
Mrs. Dabo was the wife of the painter Leon Dabo (1868-1960), a good friend of Alvin Langdon Coburn. Dabo was one of the organizers of the 1913 Armory Show, and is best known for his murals in the Church of St. John the Baptist, Brooklyn, New York.
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