Feb 19, 2015 - Sale 2374

Sale 2374 - Lot 38

Unsold
Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000
KELTY, EDWARD J. (1888-1967)
Group of 8 stunning panoramic photographs of the circus, with the Hanneford Family, the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Executive Staff, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus workers, George Denman and his Staff, Tommy Atkins and his Riding Maids, James Whalen and his Big Top Department, the Congress of the World's Rough Riders, and a copy of a montage of the Sells-Floto Circus staff. Silver prints, each approximately 11 1/4x19 5/8 inches (28.6x49.9 cm.), most with Kelty's credit, title, and date in the negative, and each with 2 duplicate examples of one of his hand stamps on verso; 2 with an International Center for Photography label on frame verso. 1929-35

Additional Details

From the Collection of Alan Siegel.
One Man's Eye: Photographs from the Alan Siegel Collection, pp. 166-67.