Lot 2
Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946)
Lot 2 Details
Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), American
AN ICY NIGHT, FROM CAMERA WORK NUMBER 4, (FEATURED IN AN AD FOR GOERZ LENSES), 1898, PRINTED 1903
Photogravure on a printed sheet for Goerz Lenses with wide margins; the image on a sheet with text printed in sepia, headed at the top of the sheet on both sides: “Goerz” …. “Lenses,” above more text that reads in the left and right margins: “The original of this celebrated picture “Icy Night,” exhibited in the international exhibitions at London, Paris, Turin, Brussels, Hamburg, Philadelphia, etc., etc.” / “was made in January, Eighteen hundred and Ninety-eight, at 1:00 a.m., with a Goerz lens, Series III., full opening, and an exposure of three minutes”. Unframed.
Plate/Sheet 5.1 ins x 6.3 ins; 13 cms x 15.9 cms; 18.1 ins x 20 ins; 46 cms x 50.8 cms
Estimate $1,200-$1,800