Photo © Capsule Auctions — view this lot on Capsule Auctions ↗Art Smith in "Cafe Universal", 1934
Photograph
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Self-Portrait
Ralph Steiner (American, 1899–1986) · 1929, printed 1980
$608 price realized incl. premium
≈ £459≈ €529
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “gelatin silver print”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed verso, signed overmat
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 10 x 8 inches
- Auction house
- Capsule Auctions
- Sale
- Photography and Works on Paper (photography-and-works-on-paper-2026-03-31)
- Date
- March 31, 2026
- Location
- New York, New York, United States
- Lot
- 147
- Estimate
- $400 – $600 (≈ £302 – £453) (≈ €348 – €522)
- Source
- Auction house capsuleauctions.com ↗Retrieved Oct 15, 2026
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