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ALFRED STIEGLITZ (American, 1864-1946) THE STEERAGE photogravure on Imperial Japan Paper 131/8 x 107
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ALFRED STIEGLITZ (American, 1864-1946) THE STEERAGE photogravure on Imperial Japan Paper 131/8 x 107/16 in. (33.3 x 26.5 cm) photographed in 1907 printed in 1916 ESTIMATE: $15,000-18,000 LITERATURE Alfred Stieglitz, CAMERA WORK, no. 36, 1911, pl. 9 (illustrated) Beaumont Newhall, THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY, NEW YORK, 1949, p. 145 (illustrated) 1964 edition, p. 112 (illustrated) Dorothy Norman, ALFRED STIEGLITZ: AN AMERICAN SEER, NEW YORK, 1960, pl. 16 (illustrated) Alfred Stieglitz, CAMERA WORK: A PICTORIAL GUIDE, NEW YORK, 1978, p. 100 (illustrated) Beaumont Newhall, THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY, NEW YORK, 1982, p. 169 (illustrated) This image was first published in 1911 in Stieglitz's controversial periodical, CAMERA WORK, which he founded and edited. As Paul Strand stated, "the whole development of photography has been given to the world through CAMERA WORK" (Paul Strand, "Photography," CAMERA WORK, June 1917, 49/50:3). In June 1907, Stieglitz sailed to Paris with his wife and daughter. When he finally escaped first class to explore the ship, he stumbled upon this scene. He remarked: "The scene fascinated me: A round straw hat; the funnel leaning left, the stairway leaning right; the white drawbridge, its railings made of chain; white suspenders crossed on the back of a man below; circular iron machinery; a mast that cut into the sky, completing a triangle.... simple people; the feeling of ship, ocean, sky; a sense of release that I was away from the mob called 'rich.' Rembrandt came into my mind and I wondered would he have felt as I did. I raced... to my cabin, picked up my Graflex, raced back again, worrying whether or not the man with the straw hat had shifted his position. If he had, the picture I saw would no longer exist....No one had moved.... I released the shutter, my heart thumping. If I had captured what I wanted, the photograph would go far beyond any of my previous prints. It would be a picture based on related shapes and deepest human feeling - a step in my own evolution, a spontaneous discovery" (Norman, pp.75-76). This image was the first to introduce a Cubist composition into the world of photography. "With pictures like The Steerage ... he broke away from the noble thought or the beautifully rendered scene and began to experiment with the inherent qualities of the medium" (Margolis, CAMERA WORK, A PICTORIAL GUIDE, p.x). The Steerage was printed in two editions: the first in 1911 for CAMERA WORK and the second, of which this piece was a part. Stieglitz called this "the deluxe thin paper Japan tissue edition" printed on Imperial Japan paper. He stated, "Upon seeing it when published, I remarked: 'If all my photographs were lost and I were represented only by The Steerage, that would be quite all right.' I am not certain I do not feel the same way today" (Norman, p.77). 87BERENICE ABBOTT (American, 1898-1991) GIRDERS - RCA BUILDING signed "Berenice Abbott" and titled "Girders - R.C.A. Bldg" in pencil on verso vintage gelatin silver print 913/16 x 75/8 in. (24.9 x 19.4 cm) circa 1932 ESTIMATE: $3,000-5,000 PROVENANCE Harry Lunn, PARIS & NEW YORK Robert Miller Gallery, NEW YORK LITERATURE Berenice Abbott, RETROSPECTIVE, NEW YORK, 1982 (portfolio of 50 photographs that includes this image, printed in an edition of 40)
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