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In December 2014, Peter Lik reportedly sold a photograph titled Phantom to an anonymous bidder for $6.5 million, making it potentially the third highest price paid for a photograph. [33] [34] [35] Lik's claim has been greeted with much scepticism.
Rhein II. Rhein II is a colour photograph made by German visual artist Andreas Gursky in 1999. [2] In the image, a river (the Lower Rhine) flows horizontally across the field of view, between flat green fields, under an overcast sky. [3] Extraneous details such as dog walkers and a factory building were removed by the artist using digital editing.
The Flatiron is a colored photograph made by Luxembourgish American photographer Edward Steichen. The photograph depicts the recently erected Flatiron Building in New York, taking inspiration from fellow photographers like Alfred Stieglitz, who had just photographed the building a year prior. [ 1]: 187 The original negative was made in 1904 and ...
The work became famous as being the most expensive photograph in the world when it was auctioned at Sotheby's on February 7, 2007, for a price of US$3.34 million. Another auction in New York in May 2006 fetched $2.25 million for a second print, and a third print sold for $2.48 million in November 2006 at a New York gallery. [4]
Dimensions. 29.6 cm × 22.7 cm (11.625 in × 8.9375 in) Location. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Website. www.getty.edu /art /collection /object /104E4A. Le Violon d'Ingres (French for Ingres's Violin) is a black-and-white photograph created by American visual artist Man Ray in 1924. It is one of his best-known photographs and of surrealist ...
A mural-sized print of the same photograph sold for $930,000 at Christie's New York in October 2021. [18] Peter Bunnell's print of Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico was the highest priced photograph of the April 2023 Phillips Photography auction for an above-estimate $381,000. Bunnell was gifted the large format print directly from Adams in ...
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. One of the most widely distributed photos of the abolitionist movement. [s 3] Execution of the Lincoln Conspirators at Washington Arsenal. 7 July 1865. Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C., United States. [s 1] Portrait of Sir John Herschel.
Awards. Légion d'Honneur, Medal of Freedom. Website. edwardsteichen.com. Edward Jean Steichen (March 27, 1879 – March 25, 1973) was an American photographer, painter, and curator. He is considered among the most important figures in the history of photography. [1] Steichen was credited with transforming photography into an art form. [2]