Sale 2436 Lot 296

(ALFRED STIEGLITZ & EDWARD STEICHEN). Souvenir Kodak Competition 1905.
With 10 mounted photographs (including one on the cover) by Stieglitz, Steichen, Brigman, and others, as well as 20 photo reproductions by additional photographers. 4to, printed wrappers with a tied binding.
Rochester, New York, The Kodak City: Eastman Kodak Co., [1906 or 1907]

[4,000/6,000]

An early and exceedingly rare publication in which works by a host of Photo-Secession photographers were reproduced alongside images by lesser-known practitioners. Kodak's competition had surprising results: Stieglitz's photograph Kodaking placed fourth while Steichen won first prize.