May 21, 2015 - Sale 2385

Sale 2385 - Lot 29

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
COBURN, ALVIN LANGDON (1882-1966)
"The Bridge, Venice," from Camera Work, Number 21. Halftone, 8 1/4x6 5/8 inches (21x16.8 cm.), tipped to the original double mount. 1908

Additional Details

with--The original list of Coburn plates from Camera Work Number 21, which includes "The Bridge, Venice."

Coburn also printed this image as a gum-platinum print, which is exceedingly rare (all but one are in museum collections, see lot 11, 175 Masterworks to Celebrate 175 Years of Photography, Property from the Joy of Giving Something Foundation, Sotheby's, 2014, which sold for $965,000).