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Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946)
LOT ID: 52076
Camera Work XXXVI, Oct. 1911 (16 works), ie. circa 1911

Photogravure, 16 photogravures
8.75 х 6.6 in. cm.
Lot description
Alfred Stieglitz photogravures from Camera Work XXXVI, Oct. 1911. Available as part of the complete issue of Camera Work number 36.

The fragile cover shows signs of wear, but the prints within are in pristine condition.

City of Ambition, 1910. Photogravure, 8.75 x 6.6 in. (22.2 x 16.8 cm).

Spring Showers, 1900. Photogravure, 9.05 x 3.62 in. (23 x 9.2 cm).

The Steerage, 1907. Photogravure, 7.75 x 6.22 in. (19.7 x 15.8 cm).

In the New York Central Yards, 1903. Photogravure, 7.64 x 6.26 in. (19.4 x 15.9 cm).

The Terminal, 1892. Photogravure, 4.76 x 6.26 in. (12.1 x 15.9 cm).

The Pool-Deal, 1910. Photogravure, 4.69 x 6.26 in. (12.6 x 15.9 cm).

The Hand of Man, 1902. Photogravure, 6.26 x 8.43 in. (15.9 x 21.4 cm).

The Swimming Lesson, 1906. Photogravure, 5.83 x 9.05 in. (14.8 x 23 cm).

The Aeroplane, 1910. Photogravure, 5.67 x 6.89 in. (14.4 x 17.5 cm).

Lower Manhattan, 1911. Photogravure, 6.3 x 7.75 in. (16 x 19.7 cm).

A Derigible, 1910. Photogravure, 6.97 x 7.09 in. (17.7 x 18 cm).

The City Across the River, 1910. Photogravure, 7.83 x 6.3 in. (19.9 x 16 cm).

The Mauretania, 1910. Photogravure, 8.23 x 6.42 in. (20.9 x 16.3 cm).

The Ferry Boat, 1910. Photogravure, 8.23 x 6.42 in. (20.9 x 16.3 cm).

Old and New New York, 1910. Photogravure, 7.95 x 6.22 in. (20.2 x 15.8 cm).

Excavating New York, 1911. Photogravure, 5 x 6.3 in. (12.7 x 16 cm).


Alfred Stieglitz
b. 1864 Hoboken, New Jersey, d. 1946 New York City
photographer; editor; publisher
Alfred Stieglitz's contribution to the history of photography extends far beyond his photographic work, which he began as a student in Germany in 1883. He influenced generations of photographers, painters, and sculptors both directly and indirectly. In 1905, with Edward Steichen, he founded the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession at 291 Fifth Avenue in New York, which later became known simply as 291 . He elevated photography's status to the level of painting and sculpture through the numerous pioneering exhibitions that he organized.

Stieglitz was a founder of the Photo-Secessionist and Pictorialist photography movements in the United States and promoted them in Camera Notes and Camera Work , the influential journals that he founded and edited. His early photographs were Pictorialist in style. His late work focused in depth on a few subjects, including New York City, the cloud studies that he called "Equivalents," and a portrait series of his wife, the painter Georgia O'Keeffe. Stieglitz worked tirelessly through his efforts as a photographer, collector, curator, writer, and publisher to secure photography's role as a legitimate medium of fine art. [getty.edu]
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