Lot Essay
I became interested in photographing some of the last vestiges of what was the frontier in America. - Paul Strand
.jpg?w=1)
Ghost Town, Red River, New Mexico, 1930
Details
Paul Strand (1890–1976)
Ghost Town, Red River, New Mexico, 1930
toned gelatin silver contact print, flush-mounted on card, printed late 1950s– early 1960s
signed, titled and dated with printer's notations in ink (verso)
image: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (24.2 x 19.1 cm.)
sheet: 9 3/4 x 8 in. (24.8 x 20.4 cm.)
Ghost Town, Red River, New Mexico, 1930
toned gelatin silver contact print, flush-mounted on card, printed late 1950s– early 1960s
signed, titled and dated with printer's notations in ink (verso)
image: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (24.2 x 19.1 cm.)
sheet: 9 3/4 x 8 in. (24.8 x 20.4 cm.)
Provenance
The Estate of Paul Strand;
Galerie Zur Stockeregg, Zurich;
acquired from the above by a private collector, New York;
Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, April 25, 2007, lot 201;
acquired from the above by the present owner.
Galerie Zur Stockeregg, Zurich;
acquired from the above by a private collector, New York;
Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, April 25, 2007, lot 201;
acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Paul Strand: A Retrospective Monograph: The Years 1915-1946, Aperture Foundation, New York, 1972, p. 89.
Kaspar Fleischmann, et al., Paul Strand, Galerie für Kunstphotographie, Zurich, 1987, pl. 42.
Rebecca Busselle and Trudy Wilner Stack, Paul Strand Southwest, Aperture Foundation, New York, 2004, pl. 36.
Kaspar Fleischmann, et al., Paul Strand, Galerie für Kunstphotographie, Zurich, 1987, pl. 42.
Rebecca Busselle and Trudy Wilner Stack, Paul Strand Southwest, Aperture Foundation, New York, 2004, pl. 36.