Lot Essay
The plates are as follows:
Bowls
Porch Shadows
White Fence
Man with Sign
Street Vendor
Man in a Derby
Portrait, Washington Square
Man, Five Points Square
Blind Woman
New York (From the Viaduct)
From the Viaduct, New York
Stieglitz was first introduced to Marie Rapp in December 1911, and thereafter Rapp worked as the secretary at 291 gallery until its closing in 1917. The content of this inscription from Stieglitz to Rapp reveals a close relationship between the two. Paul Rosenfeld once wrote of the 291 years that it 'seemed to demand that you be yourself utterly–for in this place nothing but the final self, that utter, inner design of soul was revered'.
Bowls
Porch Shadows
White Fence
Man with Sign
Street Vendor
Man in a Derby
Portrait, Washington Square
Man, Five Points Square
Blind Woman
New York (From the Viaduct)
From the Viaduct, New York
Stieglitz was first introduced to Marie Rapp in December 1911, and thereafter Rapp worked as the secretary at 291 gallery until its closing in 1917. The content of this inscription from Stieglitz to Rapp reveals a close relationship between the two. Paul Rosenfeld once wrote of the 291 years that it 'seemed to demand that you be yourself utterly–for in this place nothing but the final self, that utter, inner design of soul was revered'.