Steichen ' s work is sought after by private collectors - this is the kind of landscape that usually only museums can acquire . only three prints of this photograph are known to exist 就目前所知，这幅照片在世界上只有3张印刷版本，此次在索思比拍卖的为其中之一。
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The pond - moonlight by edward steichen , taken on long island in 1904 , broke the world record price for a photograph when it was sold for more than 2 . 9m ? 1 . 67m at a two - day sotheby ' s sale which began in new york last night 美国摄影家爱德华斯泰肯1879 1973于1904年摄于长岛的池塘月光，日前在纽约索思比拍卖行创下了290万美元的照片拍卖世界纪录。
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The three prints were made under steichen ' s supervision , and are a great example of a rare vintage photograph by an artist who had an influence on later 20th - century photographers such as richard avedon , whose work is also represented in the sale 这也意味着早期珍贵照片印刷版本的增值。据悉，风景摄影作品以前仅被博物馆收藏，而斯泰肯的作品目前已被许多私人收藏家看好。
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The previous record for a photograph at auction , 1 , 248 , 000 , was set in november by richard prince ' s " untitled cowboy " . steichen ' s 42cm by 40cm photograph , from the collection of the wealthy american industrialist howard gilman , is a dreamy , moonlit landscape with reflections of trees in a pond 据英国卫报2月15日报道， 14日在索思比举行的拍卖会上，斯泰肯的这幅池塘月光以290万美元的天价创下了新的世界纪录，此前的世界纪录是理查德普林斯的无题
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The pond - moonlight by edward steichen , taken on long island in 1904 , broke the world record price for a photograph when it was sold for more than 2 . 9m ? 1 . 67m at a two - day sotheby ' s sale which began in new york last night . the previous record for a photograph at auction , 1 , 248 , 000 , was set in november by richard prince ' s " untitled 据英国卫报2月15日报道， 14日在索思比举行的拍卖会上，斯泰肯的这幅池塘月光以290万美元的天价创下了新的世界纪录，此前的世界纪录是理查德普林斯的无题牛仔，价格为124 . 8万美元。
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Steichen ' s 42cm by 40cm photograph , from the collection of the wealthy american industrialist howard gilman , is a dreamy , moonlit landscape with reflections of trees in a pond . as an image it is rather beautiful , bearing the impressionistic quality of early photography ; an experiment exploring the limits of the photographic plate 作为斯泰肯早期风景摄影中的经典之作，池塘月光细腻的层次感与摄影家对色彩与光泽的精妙把握，充分证明了摄影可以像油画一样传递出丰富的情绪和内涵。
