ALFRED STIEGLITZ, Editor and Publisher (1864-1946)

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ALFRED STIEGLITZ, Editor and Publisher (1864-1946)

Camera Work, An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine Devoted to Photography and to the Activities of the Photo-Secession.

Numbers 2 - 13; 15 - 49/50 (January, 1903 - June, 1917)

A nearly complete set, including 45 of the 47 issues plus the two Special Numbers and a duplicate Number 47 (the 'What is 291?' issue). Lacking Numbers 1 and 14 and the Special Steichen Supplement (April, 1906). Plates in photogravure, halftone, color halftone, collotype and letterpress of works by Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, Paul Strand, Clarence H. White, Julia Margaret Cameron, Gertrude Käsebier, Heinrich Kuehn, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Frederick H. Evans, Baron Adolf De Meyer and others. Includes reproductions of works by artists exhibited by Stieglitz at '291' such as Picasso, Cézanne, Matisse, Rodin, Marin and De Zayas. 4tos.

Provenance

Acquired directly from Stieglitz at '291' by the deceased spouse of the present owner.

Literature

See: Alfred Stieglitz, "Camera Work": A Pictorial Guide for reproductions of each plate in the series.

Lot Essay

A single owner set, one of the duplicate copies of the 'What is '291'? issue (Number 47, 1914) is inscribed, To Gaismann - Who is of the Spirit - 291 - April 2, 1917 by Stieglitz in pencil on the front free endpaper.
This set has survived remarkably well with all covers, spines and bindings intact. Only Number 5 has its cover partly detached. All issues are complete as published except for Number 8, the Frederick Evans, issue which lacks the plate "In Sure and Certain Hope". Nearly all pages are crisp and clean with only occassional soiling, no foxing or water damage and all plates in excellent condition. A superb example in nearly mint condition with the spines barely broken.