The Play of Modern Hands (Hands of Ilka Chase, Backgammon)

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EDWARD STEICHEN
The Play of Modern Hands (Hands of Ilka Chase, Backgammon)
Gelatin silver print. 1931. Numbered 1016-12 in the negative; credit, Condé Nast copyright credit reproduction limitation and Vogue stamps on the verso.
9¾ x 7 5/8in. (24.8 x 19.4cm.)

Exhibited

A Show of Hands: Photographs from the Keoshian Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 4 December 1981 - 17 January 1982;
La Main de L'Homme, Musee de l'Elysee, Lausanne, France, 26 May - 2 October 1983;
Edward Steichen, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 5 October 1999 - 4 February 2001.

Lot Essay

Dr. Leo Keoshian was, until his retirement in 1997, a clinical associate professor of surgery at Stanford University and a noted hand surgeon. For nearly thirty years he passionately collected fine examples of photographs of hands. "The hand is a link between our brain and our environment," says Dr. Leoshian. "No part of the human face can be more expressive."

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