Live Auction 12626Modern Visions: Exceptional Photographs
Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946)
Lot 26

Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946)

Songs of the Sky, 1923

Closed18 February 2016

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USD 37,500

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Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946)
Songs of the Sky, 1923
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on card, mounted on board
annotated '165E' in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet/flush mount: 4 5/8 x 3 ½ in. (11.7 x 8.8 cm.)
mount: 13 ½ x 10 7/8 in. (34.2 x 27.5 cm.)

Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, 2011.

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I wanted to photograph clouds to find out what I had learned in 40 years about photography. Through clouds to put down my philosophy of life - to show that my photographs were not due to subject matter - not to special trees, or faces, or interiors, to special privileges, clouds were there for everyone - no tax as yet on them - free.
Alfred Stieglitz, 1923