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ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)
A Venetian Courtyard, 1894
two platinum prints, flush-mounted on board
signed and annotated in pencil (flush mount, verso); signed, titled, numbered and annotated 'Alfred Stieglitz / 5 / 3 West 29th St, New York / A Venetian Courtyard / $15 / Express' and stamped 'BY SPECIAL / INVITATION' in ink on affixed Philadelphia Photographic Salon entry label, variously annotated in ink and pencil in an unknown hand (frame backing board); numbered '283' on affixed label (frame, recto)
each image/sheet/flush mount: 7 x 558 in. (17.7 x 14.2 cm.)
Provenance
Old Saybrook, Estate Sale, Connecticut, December 2021;
acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
'School Art in Canada,' 'The Artist, An Illustrated Monthly Record of Arts, Crafts and Industries, vol. 26, New York, November, 1899, p. 6.
Joseph Prince Loud, 'The Second Philadelphia Salon', Phot Era, vol. III, Boston, December 1899, p. 510.
Exhibited
New York, Camera Club, Exhibition of Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, May, 1–15, 1899.
Philadelphia, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, The Second Philadelphia Photographic Salon, October 22–November 19, 1899.
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