Lot Essay
This photograph is the cover of Joel Sternfeld, American Prospects (Times Books, 1987)
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McLean, Virginia, 1978
Details
JOEL STERNFELD (B. 1944)
McLean, Virginia, 1978
dye transfer print, printed 1990
signed, titled, dated [with print date] in ink (verso); credited, titled and dated on label (frame backing board)
image:14 ¾ x 19 in. (37.4 x 48.2 cm.)
sheet: 16 ½ x 21 in. (42 x 53.3 cm.)
McLean, Virginia, 1978
dye transfer print, printed 1990
signed, titled, dated [with print date] in ink (verso); credited, titled and dated on label (frame backing board)
image:14 ¾ x 19 in. (37.4 x 48.2 cm.)
sheet: 16 ½ x 21 in. (42 x 53.3 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist;
Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, April 27, 2005, lot 37;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, April 27, 2005, lot 37;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Joel Sternfeld et al., American Prospects, Times Books, 1987, cover, pl. 28.
Sarah Greenough et al., On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography, National Gallery of Art, Washington with Art Institute of Chicago, New York, 1987, pl. 373.
David Campany, The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip, Aperture, New York, 2014, p. 234.
Walter Moser et al., American Photography, The Albertina Museum, Vienna, 2020, pp. 158-159.
Sarah Greenough et al., On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography, National Gallery of Art, Washington with Art Institute of Chicago, New York, 1987, pl. 373.
David Campany, The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip, Aperture, New York, 2014, p. 234.
Walter Moser et al., American Photography, The Albertina Museum, Vienna, 2020, pp. 158-159.
Exhibited
Vienna, The Albertina Museum, American Photography, August 24, 2021 - November 28, 2021.
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This photograph is the cover of Joel Sternfeld, American Prospects (Times Books, 1987)