Thomas Mann, New York

by Edward. Mann Steichen, Thomas

$2,700 · Offered by Manhattan Rare Books

“The photographer, unlike the painter and regardless of his subjective feelings, is forced by the very nature of his medium to concentrate on the object, on what Goethe referred to as “Das Ding an sich” in a portrait: on the person … being photographed.”– Edward Steichen, “On Portrait and Portraiture”, A Life in Photography, ch. 10. POWERFUL STEICHEN PORTRAIT OF THOMAS MANN FROM CHANCE MEETING IN NEW YORK.

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