Feb 15, 2024 - Sale 2659

Sale 2659 - Lot 44

Price Realized: $ 6,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM (1883-1976)
Agave 8. Silver print, the image measuring 8¾x6½ inches (22.2x16.5 cm.), the sheet 10x8 inches (25.4x20.3 cm.), with the typed title on recto; accompanied by a letter of authentication by Rondal Partridge. 1928

The letter states: "This vintage print of Agave 8, n.d. has Imogen Cunningham's title typed with the blue-inked ribbon she used in the 1920s. The print also has the characteristic holes from the pins she used to hold the paper on the vertical easel she had in her studio at 4540 Harbor View, Oakland, California. This is authenticated by Ronald Partridge, Imogen Cunningham's son, Trustee of the Imogen Cunningham Trust. Dated: 30 Dec '90"

Provenance: The Imogen Cunningham Trust; to the Collection of Dr. James and Debra Pearl