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Self-Portrait at Stoneblossom
1938
This vintage gelatin silver print depicts a winter landscape viewed from an elevated vantage point, with snow covered rocks in the foreground casting strong shadows across the white ground. Beyond the rocky outcrop, a rural farmstead nestles in a valley, its pale buildings and bare trees silhouetted against a overcast sky, while wooden fencing segments the snowy fields. The composition balances intimate textural detail in the foreground with a receding panoramic vista, employing dramatic light and shadow to create spatial depth. The photograph exemplifies the modernist landscape tradition of the 1930s, where careful attention to form, tone, and geometric arrangement elevated the documentary potential of the medium into fine art.
- Medium
- vintage gelatin silver print
- Overall
- Provenance
- The Ashby/Connolly Collection.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Rago Auctions
Notes
A Ménage with George Platt Lynes, Rago Auctions, 2026-05-01. Lot 124. Inscribed to verso 'Stoneblossom in the mid-forties Winter Stoneblossom photographed from the top of one of our stone-blossoms The Bombay wing - (G.
🔨 Auction Lot
A Ménage with George Platt Lynes
May 1, 2026
Estimate: $1,200 – $1,800
Sold: $1,280
Lot 124
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