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Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) - An Icy Night, From Camera Work Number 4, (Featured In An Ad For Goerz Lenses), 1898, Printed 1903

An Icy Night, From Camera Work Number 4, (Featured In An Ad For Goerz Lenses), 1898, Printed 1903


photogravure on a printed sheet for goerz lenses with wide margins
The image on a sheet with text printed in sepia, headed at the top of the sheet on both sides: “Goerz” …. “Lenses,” above more text that reads in the left and right margins: “The original of this celebrated picture “Icy Night,” exhibited in the international exhibitions at London, Paris, Turin, Brussels, Hamburg, Philadelphia, etc., etc.” / “was made in January, Eighteen hundred and Ninety-eight, at 1:00 a.m., with a Goerz lens, Series III., full opening, and an exposure of three minutes”. Unframed.Plate/Sheet 5.1 ins x 6.3 ins; 13 cms x 15.9 cms; 18.1 ins x 20 ins; 46 cms x 50.8 cms
made in 1903
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An Icy Night, From Camera Work Number 4, (Featured In An Ad For Goerz Lenses), 1898, Printed 1903 by artist Alfred Stieglitz