Alfred Stieglitz - Photographs London Tuesday, November 22, 2022 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Collection of Robert Mapplethorpe
    Sotheby's, New York, Photographs from the Collection of Robert Mapplethorpe, 24 May 1982, lot 294

  • Literature

    Camera Work, Number 36, October 1911, p. 39
    Alfred Stieglitz: Photographer, Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1965, pl. 8
    D. Norman, Alfred Stieglitz: An American Seer, New York: Random, 1973, pl. XVI
    A. Stieglitz et al., Camera Work: A Pictorial Guide, New York: Dover, 1978, p. 100
    J. Green & J. Friedman, A Critical History of American Photography, New York: Abrams, 1984, p. 195
    Alfred Stieglitz, Boston: Bulfinch, 1996, pl. 18
    R. Whelan, Alfred Stieglitz: A Biography, Boston, Little, Brown, 1995, n.p.
    20th Century Photography: Museum Ludwig Cologne, Cologne: Taschen, 1996, p. 673
    S. Greenough, Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set, Vol. One, cat. no. 310, Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2002
    H.-M. Koetzle, Photo Icons: The Story Behind the Pictures, Hong Kong: Taschen, 2008, p. 135

  • Catalogue Essay

    This large-format photogravure of Alfred Stieglitz’s seminal image The Steerage was originally held in renowned photographer Robert Mapplethorpe’s personal collection, which was subsequently sold at auction in 1982.

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The Steerage

1907
Large format photogravure on vellum, printed circa 1913.
33 x 26.3 cm (12 7/8 x 10 3/8 in.)

Estimate
£20,000 - 30,000 

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London Auction 22 November 2022