21st Nov, 2025 17:00

OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2025

 
  Lot 4
 

WILLIAM B. POST (1857–1921)
'Intervale, Winter', Maine 1899

Estimate
€2,000 - €2,400
Current bid
€1,200
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Lot details

Start price: € 1,200

Estimate: € 2,000–2,400

English:

Photogravure, printed in 1901 for "Camera Notes" on double-weight paper 19.5 x 28.5 cm, with the original Japanese paper cover-sheet, in excellent condition. Typographic title and credit on the cover-sheet in red ink. LITERATURE Camera Notes Vol. 5, No. 1, April 1901, p. 277f. (illustrates a review of Post's solo show at The Camera Club, New York)

William B. Post's most renowed photograph shows his talent for poetic compositions influenced by Asian art, for which he was inspired after a trip to Japan in 1891. The following year he began exhibiting his photographic work in New York, and in 1893 he showed the young Alfred Stieglitz how to use a hand-held camera. Post became a founding member of the New York Camera Club in 1896; two years later gave up his seat on the New York Stock Exchange and moved to Fryeburg, Maine to concentrate fully on his photographic work. His participation in the inaugural presentation of the Photo-Secession at the New York National Arts Club in 1902 was followed by exhibitions in renowned museums.

Deutsch:

Photogravüre, geprintet 1901 für "Camera Notes" auf kartonstarkem Papier 19,5 x 28,5 cm, mit Original-Deckblatt aus Seidenpapier, in ausgezeichnetem Zustand. In roter Farbe gedruckter Titel und Fotografencredit am Deckblatt. LITERATUR Camera Notes Vol. 5, Nr. 1, April 1901, S. 277f. (illustriert eine Rezension von Post's Einzelausstellung im Camera Club, New York)

William B. Posts bekannteste Fotografie zeigt sein Talent für poetische, von der asiatischen Kunst beeinflusste Kompositionen, wozu er nach einer Japanreise 1891 inspiriert wurde. Im folgenden Jahr begann er, seine fotografischen Arbeiten in New York auszustellen, und 1893 zeigte er dem jungen Alfred Stieglitz, wie man eine Handkamera benutzt. Als Gründungsmitglied des New York Camera Club gab Post 1898 seine Stelle an der New Yorker Börse auf und zog nach Fryeburg im Bundesstaat Maine, um sich ganz auf seine fotografische Arbeit zu konzentrieren. Seiner Teilnahme an der Eröffnungsschau der Photo-Secession im New Yorker National Arts Club 1902 folgten weitere Ausstellungsbeteiligungen in namhaften Museen.

Image Size: 12.9 x 16.7 cm

 

Auction: OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2025, 21st Nov, 2025

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