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PETER SEKAER (American, b. Denmark, 1901-1950) OLD HOUSE IN FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA authenticated a

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PETER SEKAER (American, b. Denmark, 1901-1950) OLD HOUSE IN FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA authenticated a
PETER SEKAER (American, b. Denmark, 1901-1950) OLD HOUSE IN FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA authenticated and signed by artist's wife, Elisabeth Sekaer Rothschild, in pencil on verso vintage gelatin silver print 311/16 x 413/16 in. (9.4 x 12.2 cm) circa 1939 ESTIMATE: $3,000-4,000 PROVENANCE Sekaer Family LITERATURE Anne-mette Sorensen, PETER SEKAER: FOTOGRAFIER FRA 1930'ERNES USA: NEW DEAL PHOTOGRAPHY, Frederiksberg, 1990, p. 43 (illustrated) Allison N. Kemmerer, PETER SEKAER: AMERICAN PICTURES, Andover, 1999 Peter Sekaer was a Danish-born graphic designer and photographer who traveled with Walker Evans as his assistant in the southern states in 1935 and 1936, often photographing alongside him. He later worked for the Rural Electrification Administration where he was occasionally 'loaned out' to other governmental agencies such as the U.S. Housing Authority and the Office of Indian Affairs. It was probably when he was 'on loan' to the former that he made the photograph in this lot. The U.S.H.A. liked to have 'before' and 'after' pictures; this appears to be a 'before' shot.