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Lot Essay
Man, Five Points Square, New York was originally printed as a photogravure in Camera Work, 1917. A haunting portrait, like Blind Woman (Lot 12), this image radically broke from convention, presenting an intense, intimate close-up of an unsuspecting individual, on the street, and allegedly caught mid-thought.
There are five known prints in this cropping: one platinum print, originally in the Jedermann Collection and later acquired by the Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland; two gelatin silver prints—one from 1945 and another the 1960s—in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art; and a fourth gelatin silver print in a private collection. This is the fifth known print to exist. The last time a gelatin silver print of this image appeared at auction was 1999.
There are five known prints in this cropping: one platinum print, originally in the Jedermann Collection and later acquired by the Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland; two gelatin silver prints—one from 1945 and another the 1960s—in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art; and a fourth gelatin silver print in a private collection. This is the fifth known print to exist. The last time a gelatin silver print of this image appeared at auction was 1999.