Lot 47
  • 47

Joel Sternfeld

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Joel Sternfeld
  • 'mclean, virginia, december 4, 1978'
oversized dye-transfer print, mounted, signed, titled, dated, and inscribed 'Number four in an edition of ten,' and with other annotations by the photographer in ink on the mount, matted, 1978, printed in 1985, no. 4 in an edition of 10 in this size format

Literature

Other prints of this image:

Joel Sternfeld, American Prospects (New York, 2004), pl. 30 

Sarah Greenough, Joel Snyder, David Travis, and Colin Westerbeck, On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., and The Art Institute of Chicago, 1989, in conjunction with the exhibition), pl. 373

Condition

This large print, which is generally in excellent condition, has strong saturated colors typical of dye-transfer prints.
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