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ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)

The Hand of Man, 1902

    Starting Bid USD 65,000
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    USD 70,000 - USD 90,000
    Closing: 2 days
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    ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)

    The Hand of Man, 1902

    Starting Bid USD 65,000
    Closing: 2 days
    Starting Bid USD 65,000
    Closing: 2 days
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    ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)
    The Hand of Man, 1902
    large-format photogravure on tissue, mounted on board, printed c. 1910
    signed, titled, dated [twice] and annotated 'very rare proof' by the artist in pencil (margin); signed, titled, dated, annotated 'original photogravure' and inscribed 'For D.S.N.' by the artist in ink (mount, verso)
    image: 91⁄2 x 121⁄2 in. (24 x 31.7 cm.)
    sheet: 14 x 181⁄2 in. (35.5 x 47 cm.)
    mount: 16 x 20 in. (40.7 x 50.9 cm.)
    Provenance
    Directly from the artist to Dorothy Norman (1905–1997);
    Amy Wolf Fine Art, New York;
    Christie's, New York, The Michael Scharf Family Collection, October 2, 2019, lot 133;
    acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
    Literature
    Alfred Stieglitz, Camera Work, New York, no. 1, January 1903, p. 47 & no. 36, October 1911, pl. XIII.
    Waldo Frank et al. (eds.), America & Alfred Stieglitz: A Collective Portrait, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Garden City, 1934, pl. XXV, B.
    Dorothy Norman, Alfred Stieglitz: An American Seer, Random House/Aperture, New York, 1960, pl. X.
    Doris Bry, Alfred Stieglitz: Photographer, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1965, pl. 7.
    Sarah Greenough & Juan Hamilton, Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs & Writings, Bulfinch Press/National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1999, pl. 15.
    Sarah Greenough, Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set, Volume One 1886-1922, Abrams/National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2002, pp. 164-66, cat. nos. 277-280.
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