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ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864-1946)
Lot 12 PROPERTY FROM THE THOMAS WALTHER COLLECTION

ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864-1946)

The Steerage, 1907

Closed13 November 2007

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GBP 8,750

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ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864-1946)
The Steerage, 1907
large-format photogravure
12¾ x 10 1/8in. (32.4 x 26.6cm.)

Zabriskie Gallery, New York;
acquired by present owner, c.1988.

Specialist note

According to Greenough: 'On 14 May 1907 Stieglitz and his family sailed to Europe aboard the fashionable Kaiser Wilhelm II. This photograph was most likely taken several days later while the ship was moored in Plymouth, England' (p.190).