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EDWARD STEICHEN (1879-1973) & ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864-1946)
A selection of 2 photogravures and one halftone, including Alfred Stieglitz’s
Icy Night
and Edward
Steichen’s
BigWhite Cloud
and
Pastoral—Moonlight
.The Stieglitz from
Camera Notes,
and the Steichen
plates from
Steichen Special
and
CameraWork, Number 19.
Photogravures (2) and a halftone, the images
measuring 5x6
1
/
4
, 6
1
/
2
x8
1
/
4
, and 6
5
/
8
x7
7
/
8
inches (12.7x15.9, 16.5x21, and 16.8x20 cm.), the Stieglitz
on a sheet measuring 8x11
3
/
4
inches (20.3x29.8 cm.), with printed text, on recto, the first Steichen
(the halftone) on its original mount and page 8
1
/
4
x12 inches (21x30.5 cm.), and the second Steichen
double mounted, the larger mount 8
1
/
4
x12 inches (21x30.5 cm.). 1898; printed 1901, 1906, 1907
[4,000/6,000]
From the Collection of Jean S.Tucker, who taught the history of photography at the University of
Missouri-St. Louis.
WITH—
CameraWork, Number 4
and
Number 19.
Together, 2 issues of this seminal publication. Edited
by Alfred Stieglitz. The first with photogravures after photographs by Frederick H. Evans (5) and a
halftone by Arthur E. Becher (lacking one Evans halftone and one Stieglitz photogravure).The second
with 5 photogravures after photographs by J. Craig Annan. 4tos, printed gray wrappers, the first
backstrip partially perished and covers detached, and the second edgeworn. NewYork, 1903 and 1907.