Sotheby's: Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art: Lot 84
Paul Outerbridge, Jr.
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Paul Outerbridge, Jr.
(1896-1965)
'EGGS AND BOWL'
platinum print, mounted, signed and dated by the photographer in pencil on the mount, signed and inscribed 'Property of' and 'To be returned to: 49 West 74th Street, New York City, U.S.A.' by the photographer in ink and a Museum of Modern Art Study Collection stamp on the reverse, matted, a Museum label on the reverse, 1922
3 5/8 by 2 7/8 in. 9.2 by 7.3 cm.
Provenance
Purchased from the photographer, 1957
Exhibited
Still Lifes from the Collection, October 1981 - January 1982
Literature
Taschen, Outerbridge, p. 30
Dines, A Singular Aesthetic, pl. 4
Howe and Hawkins, Outerbridge: Photographs, p. 40
Wagstaff, A Book of Photographs, pl. 120
Approximately 5 prints of this image are known, including those in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the J. Paul Getty Museum (formerly in the collection of Sam Wagstaff). Two additional prints have been offered at Christie's New York: one (formerly in the collection of the Laguna Art Museum) on 23 April 1996 (Lot 277); the other on 9 October 1997 (Lot 84).
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