Oct 21, 2002 - Sale 1947

Sale 1947 - Lot 138

Price Realized: $ 862
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(EWING, MAX)<>
Binder containing more than 35 intimate photographs relating to the brief career of artist Max Ewing. Silver prints, 3x4 to 8x10 inches (7.6x10.2 to 20.3x25.4 cm.), several with handwritten notations on verso or the "Collection of Carl Van Vechten" label; also includes assorted ephemera. 1920s1930s

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A rising star of the 1920s who ws discovered by Carl Van Vechten, Max Ewing--bon vivant, poet, pianist, artist, photographer, and gallerist--was best known for his art gallery, a room in his apartment covered with photographs. His sculptures are mentioned in<