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IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM (1883–1976)
Sonnets from the Portuguese, c. 1910
platinum print, mounted on paper, mounted on card
signed in pencil (mount, recto)
image/sheet: 938 x 634 in. (23.8 x 17.2 cm.)
paper mount: 1212 x 912 in. (31.8 x 24.2 cm.)
secondary mount: 1612 x 1358 in. (42 x 39.7 cm.)
Provenance
Estate of the photographer's son, Gryffyd Partridge;
Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York.
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This early and rare Symbolist work was inspired by Elizabeth Barrett Browning's sonnets of the same title. Barrett Browning's 44 love sonnets chronicled her deep love for her husband, poet Robert Browning.

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