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Alvin Langdon Coburn — Station Roofs, Pittsburgh
Alvin Langdon Coburn

Station Roofs, Pittsburgh

An early industrial photograph by Alvin Langdon Coburn showing Pittsburgh's station roofs, mounted on dark green card and printed later from the original 1910 negative. This work demonstrates Coburn's pioneering modernist approach to industrial subjects.

Medium
gelatin silver print, mounted to dark green card, 1910, printed later

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April 5, 2022

Estimate: $5,000$7,000

Lot 46

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Alvin Langdon Coburn, Station Roofs, Pittsburgh

An early industrial photograph by Alvin Langdon Coburn showing Pittsburgh's station roofs, mounted on dark green card and printed later from the original 1910 negative. This work demonstrates Coburn's pioneering modernist approach to industrial subjects.

Medium
gelatin silver print, mounted to dark green card, 1910, printed later
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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Pittsburgh, Industrial, 1910, Early Photography, Modernism, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Architecture

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