Provenance
From the artist to the Collection of Georgia O'Keeffe, New Mexico
Private Collection, New York
Literature
Stieglitz, 291, September-October 1915
Bulfinch Press, Alfred Stieglitz, pl. 18
Camera Work, October 1911, Number 36
Green, A Critical History of American Photography, p. 195
Greenough, Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set, Volume One, cat. nos. 310-314
Margolis, Alfred Stieglitz, Camera Work: A Pictorial Guide, p. 100
Norman, Alfred Stieglitz: An American Seer, pl. XVI
Taschen, Photo Icons: The Story Behind the Pictures, Volume 1, p. 135
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Alfred Stieglitz: Photographer, pl. 8
Whelan, Alfred Stieglitz: A Biography, Photography, Georgia O'Keeffe, and the Rise of the Avant-Garde in America, n.p.
ArtForum, 'On the Invention of Photographic Meaning', January 1975, p. 36
Catalogue Essay
Other prints of this image are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester;Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Library of Congress, Washington; The Balitmore Museum of Art; The Art Institute of Chicago; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.

The large format photogravure being offered in the present lot was published in the September - October 1915 issue of 291.

IMPORTANT PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. ANTHONY TERRANA

Alfred Stieglitz

The Steerage

circa 1907
Large format photogravure on Japanese tissue, printed 1915.
12 7/8 x 10 1/4 in. (32.7 x 26 cm)

Estimate
$15,000 - 20,000

Sold for $21,250

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