'Holden St., North Adams, Massachusetts'
Stephen Shore's photograph of Holden Street in North Adams, Massachusetts documents the American urban landscape with his signature color palette and compositional clarity. The image reflects Shore's ongoing exploration of vernacular American architecture.
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
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🔨 Auction Lot
Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation Sold to Benefit Charitable Organizations Evening Sale
May 1, 2023
Estimate: $15,000 to $25,000
Lot 2
Artists in conversation
William Eggleston
American · b. 1939
Eggleston pioneered color photography of everyday American scenes with the same documentary sensitivity and saturated palette visible in Shore's Holden Street image. Both artists elevate mundane vernacular architecture and street environments into compelling formal compositions.
Joel Sternfeld
American · b. 1944
Sternfeld's large format color photography of American landscapes and towns shares Shore's interest in documenting the built environment with clarity and a cool observational distance. His series American Prospects directly parallels Shore's exploration of vernacular Americana and ordinary urban scenes.
Robert Adams
American · b. 1937
Adams photographs the American urban and suburban landscape with the same quiet documentary rigor and attention to ordinary architecture that defines Shore's North Adams image. Both artists treat unremarkable built environments as subjects worthy of sustained formal and social attention.
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