Auction 79 · Lot 213
NELSON, LUSHA. Rabbinical Scholars.
- Estimate
- $600–$800
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(PHOTOGRAPHY)
Place
(New York, 1934)
Description
Gelatin silver print. Signed on the mat.
summary
Latvian-born Lusha Nelson (1907-38) was a protégé of Edward Steichen, and working for Conde Nast’s Vanity Fair and Vogue magazines he was known for his captivating and iconic images of celebrities. In 1934 he was hired, along with Steichen, by the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies for whom he took the present photograph.
See Philbrook Museum of Art Catalogue, Lusha Nelson Photographs (2017).
Approx. 7 x 7 inches. Framed.
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