Sisters
26.67 cms x 1,826.9 cms x 38.1 cms (10.5 ins x 719.25 ins x 10.5 ins)
Signed and dated lower right, titled lower left, editioned lower centre, printer's chop lower right
printed in 1985
Lot offered for sale by Saskatchewan NAC, Regina at the auction event "Saskatchewan, Canadian And International Photography" held on Sun, Mar 13, 2022.
Lot 28
Lot 28
Estimate: CAD $250 - $400
Did not sell
Did not sell
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
This image appeared in the 1985 Oakland Museum exhibition âÀoeDance for Life - The Bay Area Legacy of Isadora DuncanâÀ and can be found in the collections of the International Center of Photography (New York), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Princeton University.
Notes:
Margaretta K. Mitchell was born in 1935 in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating magna cum laude in 1957 from Smith College, Mitchell was as a research assistant to Edwin Land, who was instrumental in the invention of the Polaroid instant camera Mitchell's works in the Pictorialist tradition, primarily in black and white. Her published books include To a Cabin (1973), Recollections: Ten Women of Photography (1979), Dance for Life (1985), Flowers (1991), Ruth Bernhard - Between Art and Life (2000), and The Face of Poetry (2005). Her work can be found in the collections of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (Texas), the International Center of Photography (New York), the Akron Art Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Princeton University, among others.
This image appeared in the 1985 Oakland Museum exhibition âÀoeDance for Life - The Bay Area Legacy of Isadora DuncanâÀ and can be found in the collections of the International Center of Photography (New York), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Princeton University.
Notes:
Margaretta K. Mitchell was born in 1935 in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating magna cum laude in 1957 from Smith College, Mitchell was as a research assistant to Edwin Land, who was instrumental in the invention of the Polaroid instant camera Mitchell's works in the Pictorialist tradition, primarily in black and white. Her published books include To a Cabin (1973), Recollections: Ten Women of Photography (1979), Dance for Life (1985), Flowers (1991), Ruth Bernhard - Between Art and Life (2000), and The Face of Poetry (2005). Her work can be found in the collections of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (Texas), the International Center of Photography (New York), the Akron Art Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Princeton University, among others.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.