Important Photographs from The Metropolitan Museum of Ar
Catalogue Information: 113 lots with images
Date: 2006
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
USA
Lot 1: ALFRED STIEGLITZ 1864-1946
'THE STEERAGE' measurements notefoliolarge-format photogravure on tissue, as issued, in 291, Nos. 7-8 (New York: Published by '291,' 291 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y., September-October 1915, a projected edition of 100 deluxe copies and 1,000 regular [...more]
Lot 2: ALFRED STIEGLITZ 1864-1946
'SPRING SHOWERS' measurements note12 1/8 by 5 in. (30.8 by 12.7 cm.)hand-pulled, large-format photogravure on Japan vellum, 1900-01, printed in 1903 or 1904PROVENANCEThe photographer to Georgia O'Keeffe Doris Bry, New York, acquired from the abovePau [...more]
Lot 3: ALFRED STIEGLITZ 1864-1946
'THE FLAT-IRON' measurements note12 7/8 by 6 5/8 in. (32.8 by 16.8 cm.)hand-pulled, large-format photogravure on Japan vellum, mounted to modern board, matted, 1903PROVENANCEThe photographer to Georgia O'KeeffeDoris Bry, New York, acquired from the a [...more]
Lot 4: EDWARD STEICHEN 1879-1973
FREDERICK H. EVANS measurements note9 by 4 1/2 in. (22.7 by 11.5 cm.)platinum print, mounted to gray paper within the original gray paper folio with window mat, inscribed 'Edward Steichen' by Frederick H. Evans in pencil on the mount, a Milwaukee Art [...more]
Lot 5: EDWARD STEICHEN 1879-1973
'THE POOL -- EVENING: A SYMPHONY TO A RACE AND TO A SOUL' measurements note7 7/8 by 6 1/16 in. (20.2 by 15.5 cm.)platinum print, with hand-applied ink border, mounted to gray paper, mounted again to a large sheet of heavy buff paper, with the photogr [...more]
