(ARCTIC) (peary robert e; henson matthew) Personal archive c

Sale 1996 - Lot 31

Price Realized: $ 18,400

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 20,000 - $ 30,000

EX-COLLECTION ADMIRAL ROBERT EDWIN PEARY, WITH A SIGNED ENVELOPE (ARCTIC) (peary, robert e.; henson, matthew)
Personal archive containing 31 photographs of Peary expeditions to Greenland and the Arctic, comprising the iconic image of the expedition team at the North Pole; Peary with a telescope; Eskimo portraits; polar bears; ice caps; and more. Printing-out paper prints, 33/4x3 to 61/2x43/4 inches (9.5x7.6 to 16.5x12.1 cm.) and the reverse, 26 with handwritten notations, in pencil and in ink, on mount recto, some with crop lines, in pencil, on recto; 22 with handwritten notations, in pencil and in ink, one with a hand stamp, and one with a typed label attached to verso. 1908-09

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a scarce and remarkable collection of photographs vividly detailing peary's historic quest.