Peter Henry Emerson - The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation New York Tuesday, October 3, 2017 | Phillips

The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy...

New York 3 October 2017

  • Provenance

    Swann Galleries, New York, 22 May 2007, lot 63

  • Literature

    Truthful Lens 54
    Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Life and Landscape: P. H. Emerson Art and Photography in East Anglia 1885-1990, pp. 39, 105, 121

  • Catalogue Essay

    Titles include:
    A Winter’s Sunrise; The Lone Lagoon; The Fetters of Winter; A Waterside Inn; A Winter Pastoral; Marsh Weeds; Gnarled Thorn-Trees; The Misty River; Bleak Winter; The Waking River; The Bridge; The Snow Garden; A Corner of the Farm-yard; Rime Crystals; The Lonely Fisher; The Last Gate

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Peter Henry Emerson

Marsh Leaves

London: David Nutt, 1895. Deluxe Edition. Illustrated with sixteen photogravures on Japanese vellum. Quarto, white pictorial linen with decorative green title and gilt-lettered leather spine. One of the deluxe edition of 100 from a total edition of 300.
Varying dimensions from 2 1/8 x 4 in. (5.4 x 10.2 cm) to 4 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. (11.4 x 18.7 cm) or the reverse

Estimate
$10,000 - 15,000 

Sold for $13,750

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The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation

New York 3 October 2017