Lot 9
  • 9

Alfred Stieglitz

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Alfred Stieglitz
  • SONG OF THE SKY AND TREES
  • Gelatin silver print
  • 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches
flush-mounted, mounted again to larger card, 1923 (Greenough 887)

Provenance

Weston Gallery, Carmel

Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, circa 1998

Irving Galleries, Palm Beach

Literature

Sarah Greenough, in Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs, locates two prints of this image: at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.; and one in private hands, the print offered here.

Condition

This early print, appropriately warm in the light areas, is flush-mounted and mounted again. The print has a very faint surface sheen and was possibly waxed or coated. It is in generally excellent condition. When the print is examined closely in raking light, a few tiny deposits of the photographer's original retouching are visible. There is miniscule chipping at the print's edges. This print is flush-mounted onto a sheet of thin board. The secondary mount is lightly age-darkened, and occasional, scattered foxing is visible on the front and reverse. On the reverse of the mount 'GM 81-7-2' is written in an unidentified hand in pencil.
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