The International Sale

Live Virtual Auction, 22 October 2024

Evening Sale

Sold for

ZAR 23 450
Lot 166
  • Joel Sternfeld; Grand Nymphaeum of the Villa dei Gordiani, Parco dei Gordiani, Rome, Campagna Romana: the Countryside of Ancient Rome Series
  • Joel Sternfeld; Grand Nymphaeum of the Villa dei Gordiani, Parco dei Gordiani, Rome, Campagna Romana: the Countryside of Ancient Rome Series
  • Joel Sternfeld; Grand Nymphaeum of the Villa dei Gordiani, Parco dei Gordiani, Rome, Campagna Romana: the Countryside of Ancient Rome Series


Lot Estimate
ZAR 25 000 - 35 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 23 450

About this Item

American 1944-
Grand Nymphaeum of the Villa dei Gordiani, Parco dei Gordiani, Rome, Campagna Romana: the Countryside of Ancient Rome Series

inscribed with the artist’s name, the title, numbered 5/7 and the medium on a Luhring Augustine label adhered to the reverse

digital chromogenic print
image size: 56 by 70cm ; 82 by 95,5 by 4,5cm including frame

Literature

Joel Sternfeld, Richard Brillian and Theodore E Stebbins (1992) Campagna Romana: The Countryside of Ancient Rome, New York: Knopf, illustrated in colour on the front cover.

Notes

Negatives: 1990; Print: 2006

'The countryside south and east of Rome around the ruins of the Claudian Aqueduct is an artist’s paradise. Its rare light, its evocations of ancient Roman civilization enchant the camera just as they attracted such painters as Claude, Turner, and Corot.'1

1. Atlas of Places (no date) Joel Sternfeld: Campagne Romana, online, https://orthoslogos.fr/photographie/campagna-romana/, accessed 24 September 2024.

Provenance

Luhring Augustine, New York.

The Linda Givon Collection.

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