What a find.
bid on an old, faded, framed print at an estate sale in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Upon receiving it, he immediately opened the frame to examine the photo. To his amazement and delight, two identical prints were inside, and both turned out to be extremely rare classic platinum prints bySedlik has been hunting for photographs at estate sales, flea markets, swap meets, auctions, galleries, and online sales sites for 37 years, and he says that this has been his greatest find thus far.
“I knew that there are no prints of this image in any public or private collection other than prints held at the National Gallery and that those prints are cropped differently than the print that Stieglitz chose to exhibit to the public. I knew Stieglitz routinely destroyed his negatives and prints to force himself to move forward artistically.
“I was concerned the item might be a photogravure, but from the limited information available to me by inspecting the photograph of the framed print, it did not appear that the image had any of the hallmarks of a photogravure, such as a differential gloss in the shadows, surface relief, or ink resting above the paper.
To his great surprise, on carefully removing the faded print from the frame, he discovered a second platinum print, hidden by Stieglitz, sandwiched between the front image and the backing board. The hidden print is in perfect condition and has the deep, rich tones and subtle tonal transitions expected in a platinum print.
While platinum prints are not typically susceptible to fading due to sun exposure, fading may occur due to issues with the sensitized paper or errors/shortcuts in print processing. The verso of the front print includes a reversed, ghosted image of “A Venetian Courtyard,” caused by oxidization from the second platinum print hidden directly behind it.
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