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Paul Strand (1890–1976)
Lot 155

Paul Strand (1890–1976)

Ghost Town, Red River, New Mexico, 1930

Closed5 October 2016

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USD 30,000

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Paul Strand (1890–1976)
Ghost Town, Red River, New Mexico, 1930
toned gelatin silver contact print, flush-mounted on card, printed late 1950s– early 1960s
signed, titled and dated with printer's notations in ink (verso)
image: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (24.2 x 19.1 cm.)
sheet: 9 3/4 x 8 in. (24.8 x 20.4 cm.)

The Estate of Paul Strand;
Galerie Zur Stockeregg, Zurich;
acquired from the above by a private collector, New York;
Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, April 25, 2007, lot 201;
acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

I became interested in photographing some of the last vestiges of what was the frontier in America. - Paul Strand