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ALVIN LANGDON COBURN (1882–1966)

Vortograph, c. 1917

    Price Realised USD 43,750
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    USD 10,000 - USD 15,000
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    ALVIN LANGDON COBURN (1882–1966)

    Vortograph, c. 1917

    Price Realised USD 43,750
    Price Realised USD 43,750
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    ALVIN LANGDON COBURN (1882–1966)
    Vortograph, c. 1917
    gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board, printed before 1958
    credited, titled '"Vortograph" [Abstraction] #2', dated and variously numbered in pencil with Museum of Modern Art Photography Department Permanent Collection stamp (flush mount, verso)
    image/sheet/flush mount: 7 7/8 x 6 in. (19.9 x 15.2 cm.)

    Provenance
    Gifted by the artist, 1959.
    Literature
    Exhibition catalogue, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Fundación Mapfre, Madrid, December 2014-February 2015, cat. no. 153, p. 252 (variant).
    Exhibited
    New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Photographs from the Museum Collection, November 26, 1958–January 18, 1959.
    New York, The Museum of Modern Art, The Edward Steichen Photography Center, 1964.
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