PAUL STRAND
PAUL STRAND
(New York City 1890–1976 Orgeval)'Black Mountain, Cerro, New Mexico, 1932'.Gelatin silver print. Vintage. Flush mounted on matt.11.7 × 14.8 cm.The verso fully signed, hand titled and dated, with affixed exhibition label (MOMA). Framed.Literature:
- Minor White, u.a. (Hrsg.). Paul Strand. A retrospective monograph of the years 1915–1946. New York, 1971 (ill. p. 88).
- Galerie Zur Stockeregg. Zurich 1987 (ill. 45).
- Galerie Zur Stockeregg (pub.). 30 Years, Zurich 2009 (ill. 24, cat. no. 5).
Exhibited:
The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), Photographs 1915-1945 by Paul Strand, 25.4.–10.6.1945.
Provenance:
- With Galerie zur Stockeregg, Zurich 2009.
- Swiss private collection.
'The world stretches wider here in New Mexico than the mind can encompass, so that to understand what it has to say the heart must be enlarged. The obvious facts of space of distance, of brilliant sunlight, of picturesque architecture mean nothing till the walls of personality have been pushed apart. Hence to the traveler who has come to this country from a very long way off, having heard tales of spiritual wonders far more wonderful than those fabulous cities sought by Spanish conquerors, everything is ablank, nothing speaks, all the would-be voices mutter with stricken tongues...' (Elizabeth McCausland cited after White, 1971, p. 82)
Some retouchings, especially to the right top, to the sideward margins a little silverings (only visible in counter light). Mount a little dusty and browned. Allover in very good condition.
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PAUL STRAND
(New York City 1890–1976 Orgeval)'Black Mountain, Cerro, New Mexico, 1932'.Gelatin silver print. Vintage. Flush mounted on matt.11.7 × 14.8 cm.The verso fully signed, hand titled and dated, with affixed exhibition label (MOMA). Framed.Literature:
- Minor White, u.a. (Hrsg.). Paul Strand. A retrospective monograph of the years 1915–1946. New York, 1971 (ill. p. 88).
- Galerie Zur Stockeregg. Zurich 1987 (ill. 45).
- Galerie Zur Stockeregg (pub.). 30 Years, Zurich 2009 (ill. 24, cat. no. 5).
Exhibited:
The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), Photographs 1915-1945 by Paul Strand, 25.4.–10.6.1945.
Provenance:
- With Galerie zur Stockeregg, Zurich 2009.
- Swiss private collection.
'The world stretches wider here in New Mexico than the mind can encompass, so that to understand what it has to say the heart must be enlarged. The obvious facts of space of distance, of brilliant sunlight, of picturesque architecture mean nothing till the walls of personality have been pushed apart. Hence to the traveler who has come to this country from a very long way off, having heard tales of spiritual wonders far more wonderful than those fabulous cities sought by Spanish conquerors, everything is ablank, nothing speaks, all the would-be voices mutter with stricken tongues...' (Elizabeth McCausland cited after White, 1971, p. 82)
Some retouchings, especially to the right top, to the sideward margins a little silverings (only visible in counter light). Mount a little dusty and browned. Allover in very good condition.
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