Lot 9
Lot 9
THE RAYMOND E. KASSAR COLLECTION
EDWARD STEICHEN (1879-1973)

Eleonora Duse, 1904

Price Realised USD 100,800
Estimate
USD 100,000 - USD 150,000
Closed: 17 Apr 2025
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EDWARD STEICHEN (1879-1973)

Eleonora Duse, 1904

Price Realised USD 100,800
Closed: 17 Apr 2025
Price Realised USD 100,800
Closed: 17 Apr 2025
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EDWARD STEICHEN (1879-1973)
Eleonora Duse, 1904
gum-bichromate print, mounted on original board
signed and dated in roman numerals in yellow pencil (recto); signed and annotated in pencil (mount, verso); annotated 'Eleanore Duse / "Gum Print" (1904) / by Eduard J. Steichen / Very rare print / Exhibited [crossed out] / Return to Alfred Stieglitz 60 E. 65th ST., N.Y.City' by Alfred Stieglitz in ink (on original frame backing paper)
image/sheet/flush mount: 14 x 11 in. (35.7 x 28 cm.)
Provenance
At one time in the possession of Alfred Stieglitz (the address of 60 E. 65th Street is that of the residence of his brother, Leopold);
Private Collection, 1950s;
Sotheby's New York, October 9, 1991, Lot 99;
acquired from the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
Alfred Stieglitz, Camera Work, no. 14, April 1906.
Edward Steichen, A Life in Photography, Doubleday & Company, New York, 1963, pl. 30.
Alfred Stieglitz and Marianne Fulton Margolies, Alfred Stieglitz Camera Work: A Pictorial Guide, Dover Publications, New York, 1978, p. 42.
Joanna Steichen, Steichen’s Legacy: Photographs, 1895-1973, Knopf, New York, 2000, pl. 72.
Exhibited
Malibu, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Palette of Light: Handcrafted Photographs, 1898-1914, March 15, 1994 - June 19, 1994.
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Painterly Photographs: The Raymond E. Kassar Collection, December 2, 2000 - February 11, 2001.
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