Re: £2,600,000 Steichen print correction.
Hello-
I just want to point out that the price, at least according to the Ware
article referenced, was $2.928M, which is considerably less than 2.6
Million Pounds, even in 2006.
Best,
Dan Donovan
On Wednesday, December 5, 2007, at 03:00 AM, John Grocott wrote:
Hi Jean Daubas and All,
I would like
to point out that the Steichen print was actually, ''The Pond -
Moonlight'' ( 1904 ) ; New York. Multiple Gum Bichromate over
Platinum which was one of three prints from the same negative,
presumably
My mistake.
John - Photographist - London - UK
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Jean Daubas wrote :-
You're right : platinum + ferro-prussiate print.
You can find a description and reproduction on the following link :
https://www.aperture.org/store/prints-detail-w.aspx?id=335
On this other link, which is an article by Mike Ware,
http://www.platinummetalsreview.com/pdf/78-80-pmr-apr06.pdf
we can see that there are various versions, one of them (with another
title) being a "multiple gum bichromate over platinum"
the other one is then stated as : platinum, cyanotype,
ferro-prussiate print.
I'm sure [and luckily, i begin to notice with my own work] that
alternative processes arise quite an interest from photography
collectors in this time of digital photography...
Cheers from france
Jean
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----- Original Message -----
From: John Grocott
To: The List
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 2:04 PM
Subject: Is This Off Topic ?
From a TV programme, ''The Genius of Photography.'' broadcast on BBC
4 yesterday I learned that Edward Steichen's . ''Moonrise -
Mamaroneck, New York. 1 9 0 4 '', was sold in auction for two
million six hundred thousand pounds. Apparently the highest figure
ever paid for a photograph.
The narrator did not say what process the photo was, but I
seem to recall that it was a platinum and ferro- prussiate print.
Maybe there's a chance for alternative photography to hit the
headlines, again.
For now, Ciao.
John - Photographist - London - UK.
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