Photo © Capsule Auctions — view this lot on Capsule Auctions ↗Two Little Men and a Big Ocean, 1921, printed 1922-1
Photograph
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Clothesline
Ralph Steiner (American, 1899–1986) · 1925, printed 1980
$512 price realized incl. premium
≈ £392≈ €445
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “gelatin silver print”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed verso
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 5 x 4 inches
- Auction house
- Capsule Auctions
- Sale
- Photography and Works on Paper (photography-and-works-on-paper-2025-11-20)
- Date
- November 20, 2025
- Location
- New York, New York, United States
- Lot
- 53
- Estimate
- $800 – $1,200 (≈ £612 – £919) (≈ €695 – €1,042)
- Source
- Auction house capsuleauctions.com ↗Retrieved Oct 15, 2026
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