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Notes: A partial and consecutive run of "Camera Work," the first American art journal to position photography as a medium of creative expression, edited and published by Alfred Stieglitz. The lot features Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, the Steichen Supplement, and Special Numbers August 1912 and June 1913. Highlights include Kaesebier''s "Blessed Art Thou Among Women," White''s "Ring Toss," Stieglitz''s "The Street--Design for a Poster," "The Flat-Iron" and "Winter-Fifth Avenue," and Steichen''s "Moonlight: The Pond" and "The Flatiron--Evening."

The plates, especially the tissue photogravures, are in very good condition overall. The issues are nearly complete, with a total of only 8 missing plates, including: Kaesebier''s "The Red Man" and Dugmore''s "A Study in Natural History" (January 1903), Steichen''s "Judgment of Paris--A Landscape Arrangement" (April 1903), Coburn''s "Study--Miss R." and Evans''s "In Sure and Certain Hope" (October 1904), Herzog''s "The Tale of Isolde" (October 1905), Steichen''s "Poster Lady" and "Road into the Valley--Moonrise" (April 1906).

There are duplicate copies of Henneberg''s "Villa Torlonia" (January 1906), one which is in the issue and one which has been laid-in.
Steichen''s luminous "Cover Design" (April 1906), has also been laid-in to the issue.