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Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864-1946) The Steerage. Silver print, the image measuring 8x6 1/4 inches (20.3x15.9 cm.), the sheet 10x8 inches (19.7x15.9 cm.), with notations in pencil and ink in an unknown hand on verso. 1907; printed circa 1940s
Provenance: Originally from the Collection of Bernard Karpel, who was chief librarian at New York's Museum of Modern Art from 1942-73. According to his New York Times obituary, "Mr. Karpel built up the book collection by making use of an extensive range of personal contacts that he maintained not only with book collectors and dealers around the world, but also with artists."
