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IMPORTANT PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. ANTHONY TERRANA Alfred Stieglitz The Steerage circa 1907 Large format photogravure on Japanese tissue, printed 1915. 12 7/8 x 10 1/4 in. (32.7 x 26 cm)
Provenance From the artist to the Collection of Georgia O'Keeffe New Mexico Private Collection, New York Literature Stieglitz, 291, September-October 1915 Bulfinch Press, Alfred Stieglitz pl. 18 Camera Work, October 1911, Number 36 Green, A Critical History of American Photography, p. 195 Greenough, Alfred Stieglitz The Key Set, Volume One, cat. nos. 310-314 Margolis, Alfred Stieglitz Camera Work: A Pictorial Guide, p. 100 Norman, Alfred Stieglitz An American Seer, pl. XVI Taschen, Photo Icons: The Story Behind the Pictures, Volume 1, p. 135 The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Alfred Stieglitz Photographer, pl. 8 Whelan, Alfred Stieglitz A Biography, Photography, Georgia O'Keeffe and the Rise of the Avant-Garde in America, n.p. ArtForum, 'On the Invention of Photographic Meaning', January 1975, p. 36 Catalogue Essay Other prints of this image are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester;Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Library of Congress, Washington; The Balitmore Museum of Art; The Art Institute of Chicago; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. The large format photogravure being offered in the present lot was published in the September - October 1915 issue of 291. Read More