Important American photographer (1864–1946) who played an instrumental role in developing the craft as a legitimate art form. Signed book: Camera Work, Number XLVII. NY: January 1915. Softcover, 8.5 x 12, 73 pages. Signed on the first free end page in pencil with a lengthy inscription, “‘What is 291,’ Why did I ever have the question?—Having had to ask the question I now wonder whether I know the answer—now that sixty-eight have told each other what it is to them—To One who was not here to be asked the Question. But who I feel feels more what 291 is than most of these who think they know—To Maurice Sterne, a kindred spirit, in appreciation, Alfred Stieglitz, February 4th, 1915.” Also includes an unsigned copy of Camera Work, Number XLVI. In good to very good condition, with damage and paper loss to the spines, and chipping and staining to the almost completely separated fragile covers; interior pages are all clean and sound, with some toning and smudging to the signed page touching the month of the date. Stieglitz founded and managed the 291 art gallery in New York, a pioneering gallery that helped elevated the art of photography to the same stature of painting and sculpture. Sterne was a painter and sculptor who came to prominence while living in the American West. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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