Edwin Hale Lincoln Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Edwin Hale Lincoln Art Value Price Guide

Feb. 22, 2024
Edwin Hale Lincoln platinum print [Trees in Forest]
Est: $300 - $500
Heading: Author: Lincoln, Edwin Hale Title: Untitled [tree in forest] Place Published: Publisher: Date Published: c.1890 Description: Vintage platinum/palladium print hinged to board. 24x19 cm (9½x7½"); board: 40.4x32 cm (16x12½").Titled in pencil by unknown hand on verso. "Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) served as a drummer boy in the Civil War and later became a national leader of Civil War veterans. He began photographing in Boston around 1874, documenting yacht races and the extravagant summer homes of the Gilded Age in the 1880s. Lincoln's photographs were awarded numerous medals at photographic exhibitions (including one that put him on a par with a young Alfred Stieglitz in 1891), but two years later he stopped exhibiting and moved to western Massachusetts. There Lincoln photographed ancient trees and endangered wildflowers and orchids, which he self-published in elegant volumes of mounted platinum prints. His photographs have been printed in many books and magazines, among them Gustav Stickley's The Craftsman." - Edwin Hale Lincoln: Ephemeral Beauty, Steidl.
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
Oct. 19, 2023
Edwin Hale Lincoln platinum print [Trees in Forest]
Est: $500 - $800
Heading: Author: Lincoln, Edwin Hale Title: Untitled [tree in forest] Place Published: Publisher: Date Published: c.1890 Description: Vintage platinum/palladium print hinged to board. 24x19 cm (9½x7½"); board: 40.4x32 cm (16x12½").Titled in pencil by unknown hand on verso. "Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) served as a drummer boy in the Civil War and later became a national leader of Civil War veterans. He began photographing in Boston around 1874, documenting yacht races and the extravagant summer homes of the Gilded Age in the 1880s. Lincoln's photographs were awarded numerous medals at photographic exhibitions (including one that put him on a par with a young Alfred Stieglitz in 1891), but two years later he stopped exhibiting and moved to western Massachusetts. There Lincoln photographed ancient trees and endangered wildflowers and orchids, which he self-published in elegant volumes of mounted platinum prints. His photographs have been printed in many books and magazines, among them Gustav Stickley's The Craftsman." - Edwin Hale Lincoln: Ephemeral Beauty, Steidl.
PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
Dec. 07, 2022
Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938): Wildflowers of New England: Parts II, III, IV, and VIII (Incomplete Folios)
Est: $4,000 - $8,000
Four portfolios of photographs mounted on paper with title and text, 1904, Library Edition, lacking plates, in original linen-covered folios with gold stamped titles. All 14 x 12 in. (sheet), unframed. Property from a Private Collection, New York
STAIR
Nov. 10, 2022
Edwin Hale Lincoln, Wild Flowers of New England, Part VII and XII
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Edwin Hale Lincoln Wild Flowers of New England, Part VII and XII 1904-07 platinum print image: 9.375 h × 7.375 w in (24 × 19 cm) sheet: 14 h × 12 w in (36 × 30 cm) These two complete parts of 49 prints are from the total portfolio comprised of eight volumes published by the artist. Sold with the original portfolio cases. This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Nov. 10, 2022
Edwin Hale Lincoln, Wild Flowers of New England, Part IX and XI
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Edwin Hale Lincoln Wild Flowers of New England, Part IX and XI 1904-07 platinum print image: 9.375 h × 7.375 w in (24 × 19 cm) sheet: 14 h × 12 w in (36 × 30 cm) These two complete parts of 50 prints are from the total portfolio comprised of eight volumes published by the artist. Sold with the original portfolio cases. This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 20, 2022
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN (1848-1938) A complete suite of 24 lovely botanical studies from the series Wildflowers of New England - Part X.
Est: $3,000 - $4,500
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN (1848-1938) A complete suite of 24 lovely botanical studies from the series Wildflowers of New England - Part X. Platinum prints, the images measuring 9 1/4x7 1/4 inches (23.5x18.4 cm.), the deckle-edged sheets 15x13 inches (38.1x33 cm.), each tipped to a mount with Lincoln's letterpress credit, plate number, and title. Small folio, gilt-lettered brown folding case; with the accompanying colophon; contents loose as issued. 1904
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 10, 2022
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN (1848-1938) A suite of 6 lovely botanical studies from Wild Flowers of New England.
Est: $1,800 - $2,200
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN (1848-1938) A suite of 6 lovely botanical studies from Wild Flowers of New England. Platinum prints, the images measuring 9 1/4x7 1/4 inches (23.5x18.4 cm.), the deckle-edged sheets 15x13 inches (38.1x33 cm.), each with a printed number and caption, in English and in Latin, on recto; each print in a custom frame, with a Richard York Gallery label on the reverse. 1914 64 Red Chokeberry * 163 Large Purple-Fringed Orchis * 164 Small Purple-Fringed Orchis * 169 Ragged Fringed Orchis * 180 Peppermint * 325 Mouse-Ear Chickweed
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 12, 2021
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN (1848 - 1938)
Est: $500 - $800
"'Utricularia Cornuta Bladderwort' from 'Wild Flowers of New England'"; c. 1910; Platinum Print; 9.25" x 7.25"; Unsigned; Unframed; Provenance: From the Estate of Marcuse “Cusie” Pfeifer (1936 - 2020).
James Cox Gallery
Nov. 18, 2021
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN (Westminster, Massachusetts, 1848-1938), The library., Silver print, 9” x 11”. Framed 14.5” x 16.5”.
Est: $500 - $800
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN Westminster, Massachusetts, 1848-1938 The library. Stamped lower left "Edwin H. Lincoln".
Eldred's
May. 27, 2021
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN (1848-1938) A suite of 14 delicate botanical studies from Wild Flowers of New England.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN (1848-1938) A suite of 14 delicate botanical studies from Wild Flowers of New England. Platinum prints, the images measuring 9 1/4x7 1/4 inches (23.5x18.4 cm.), the deckle-edged sheets 15x13 inches (38.1x33 cm.), each with a printed number and caption, in English and in Latin, on recto; each print in a custom frame, with a Richard York Gallery label on the reverse. 1914
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 17, 2020
Edwin Hale Lincoln. Two from "Wild Flowers of New England plus oned" (1914)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848 - 1938) Two plates from "Wild Flowers of New England" (1914) 9 3/8 x 7 3/8 inch platinum prints on 12 ½ x 11 inch mounts. Each is covered by a translucent cellophane guard on which the title is beautifully hand-written: "Apple Blossoms" and "Bride Roses." This was the fruit of a 20 year project. There is also a larger beautiful platinum print of thistles, 12 x 10 inches.
Be-Hold
Dec. 04, 2018
LINCOLN, Edwin Hale (1848-1938). Wild Flowers of New England. Pittsfeld, Ma
Est: $60,000 - $90,000
LINCOLN, Edwin Hale (1848-1938). Wild Flowers of New England. Pittsfeld, Massachusetts, 1910-1914. A very rare complete set of Lincoln’s superb modernist floral photobook. Lincoln’s obsessive project to capture the fora of New England produced this masterpiece of 20th-century photography. A transitional fgure in botanical photography, Lincoln’s work combines the philosophical outlook of the Transcendentalists with a cool aesthetic modernism. “With slow looking, each [print] becomes a marvel of order and ornament. Nature itself emerges as an artist of infnite inventiveness … Like Thoreau, [Lincoln] had a reverence for nature that was as uncompromising as his coolly objective vision” (Johnson). His use of the platinum process, along with close-up shots against fat backgrounds, resulted in tonally complex images with remarkable depth. Lincoln began work on this series in 1904, frst producing a three-volume set with only 75 plates. The project continued for another ten years, culminating in this edition of 400 prints. Lincoln printed and assembled the individual parts himself, producing a special set for each subscriber. Only two other complete copies have sold at auction in the last 30 years, according to ABPC and RBH. See William F. Robinson, A Certain Slant of Light: The First Hundred Years of New England Photography and Ken Johnson, “Edwin Hale Lincoln: ‘No Record so True’” (New York Times, 18 October 2002). Sixteen parts in eight volumes, folio (380 x 335mm). 400 platinum prints, each mounted on paper with letterpress captions. Original slate half morocco by The Oakwood Binders of Pittsfeld, MA, in original boxes with paper labels and all volumes in glassine wrappers except 4 and 8 (some wrappers chipped and tearing; boxes worn, sides perishing of box 8). Provenance: Boston Society of Natural History (gift labels from Susan Minns, H.S. Grew, M. H. Munro, David Pingree, and E.E. Norton, dated 1916, blindstamp). (8)
Christie's
Apr. 20, 2017
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN (1848-1938) A suite of 18 lovely botanical studies from the series Wild Flowers of New England.
Est: $3,000 - $4,500
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN (1848-1938) A suite of 18 lovely botanical studies from the series Wild Flowers of New England. Platinum prints, the images measuring 9 1/4x7 1/4 inches (23.5x18.4 cm.), the deckle-edged sheets 15x12 3/4 inches (38.1x32.4 cm.), each with a printed number and caption, in English and in Latin, on recto; each print is in a custom frame, with a Richard York Gallery label on the reverse. 1914
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 14, 2017
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN (1848-1938) Wild Flowers of New England, a suite of 18 lovely botanical studies.
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN (1848-1938) Wild Flowers of New England, a suite of 18 lovely botanical studies. Platinum prints, the images measuring 9 1/4x7 1/4 inches (23.5x18.4 cm.), the deckle-edged sheets 15x12 3/4 inches (38.1x32.4 cm.), each with a printed number and caption, in English and in Latin, on recto; each print is in a custom frame, with a Richard York Gallery label on the reverse. 1914
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 19, 2016
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN (1848-1938) Wild Flowers of New England, a suite of 25 lovely botanical studies.
Est: $3,500 - $4,500
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN (1848-1938) Wild Flowers of New England, a suite of 25 lovely botanical studies. Platinum prints, 9 1/4x7 1/4 inches (23.5x18.4 cm.), on deckle-edged sheets measuring 15x12 3/4 inches (38.1x32.4 cm.), and one the reverse, each with a printed number and caption, in English and in Latin, on recto; each print is in a custom frame, with a Richard York Gallery label on the reverse. 1910-14
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 21, 2015
LINCOLN, EDWIN HALE (1828-1938) "Wildflowers of New England." A suite of 21 photographs.
Est: $3,000 - $4,500
LINCOLN, EDWIN HALE (1828-1938) "Wildflowers of New England." A suite of 21 photographs. Platinum prints, 9 1/4x7 1/4 inches (23.5x18.4 cm.), on deckle edged sheets measuring 15x12 3/4 inches (38.1x32.4 cm.), each with a printed number and caption, in English and in Latin, on recto; each print is framed, 19 with a Richard York Gallery label on the reverse. 1910-14
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 19, 2015
LINCOLN, EDWIN HALE (1828-1938) "Wildflowers of New England." A suite of 10 photographs.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
LINCOLN, EDWIN HALE (1828-1938) "Wildflowers of New England." A suite of 10 photographs. Platinum prints, 9 1/4x7 1/4 inches (23.5x18.4 cm.), on deckle edge sheets measuring 15x12 3/4 inches (38.1x32.4 cm.), each with a printed number and caption, in English and in Latin, on recto; each print is framed, with a Richard York Gallery label on the reverse. 1910-14
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 12, 2013
LINCOLN, EDWIN HALE (1828-1938) Suite of 20 photographs from "Wildflowers of New England."
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
LINCOLN, EDWIN HALE (1828-1938) Suite of 20 photographs from "Wildflowers of New England." Platinum prints, 9 1/4x7 1/4 inches (23.5x18.4 cm.), each with a printed number and caption, in English and in Latin, on recto; each print is beautifully framed. 1910-1914
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 29, 2013
Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat
Est: $300 - $500
DESCRIPTION: Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat. Photo of a a bushel of grapes mounted on a cardboard mat with "Edwin H Lincoln" and "Cambridge Port Mass" imprinted on the bottom of each. Each cardboard has wear due to it's age.CIRCA: (1848-1938)ORIGIN: USADIMENSIONS: With cardboard mat H: 10" L: 12"
Akiba Galleries
May. 29, 2013
Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat
Est: $300 - $500
DESCRIPTION: Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat. Photo of a hand painted portrait mounted in a frame mounted on a cardboard mat with "Edwin H Lincoln" and "Cambridge Port Mass" imprinted on the bottom of each. Each cardboard has wear due to it's age.CIRCA: (1848-1938)ORIGIN: USADIMENSIONS: With cardboard mat H: 10" L: 12"
Akiba Galleries
May. 29, 2013
Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat
Est: $300 - $500
DESCRIPTION: Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat. Photo of a Cambridge Mass mansion living room mounted on a cardboard mat with "Edwin H Lincoln" and "Cambridge Port Mass" imprinted on the bottom of each. Each cardboard has wear due to it's age.CIRCA: (1848-1938)ORIGIN: USADIMENSIONS: With cardboard mat H: 10" L: 12"
Akiba Galleries
May. 29, 2013
Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat
Est: $300 - $500
DESCRIPTION: Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat. Photo of a Cambridge Mass mansion Florida room mounted on a cardboard mat with "Edwin H Lincoln" and "Cambridge Port Mass" imprinted on the bottom of each. Each cardboard has wear due to it's age.CIRCA: (1848-1938)ORIGIN: USADIMENSIONS: With cardboard mat H: 10" L: 12"
Akiba Galleries
May. 29, 2013
Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat
Est: $300 - $500
DESCRIPTION: Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat. Photo of a Cambridge Mass mansion Florida room mounted on a cardboard mat with "Edwin H Lincoln" and "Cambridge Port Mass" imprinted on the bottom of each. Each cardboard has wear due to it's age.CIRCA: (1848-1938)ORIGIN: USADIMENSIONS: With cardboard mat H: 10" L: 12"
Akiba Galleries
May. 29, 2013
Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat
Est: $300 - $500
DESCRIPTION: Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat. Photo of a Cambridge Mass mansion sun room mounted on a cardboard mat with "Edwin H Lincoln" and "Cambridge Port Mass" imprinted on the bottom of each. Each cardboard has wear due to it's age.CIRCA: (1848-1938)ORIGIN: USADIMENSIONS: With cardboard mat H: 10" L: 12"
Akiba Galleries
May. 29, 2013
Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat
Est: $300 - $500
DESCRIPTION: Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat. Photo of a Cambridge Mass mansion room mounted on a cardboard mat with "Edwin H Lincoln" and "Cambridge Port Mass" imprinted on the bottom of each. Each cardboard has wear due to it's age.CIRCA: (1848-1938)ORIGIN: USADIMENSIONS: With cardboard mat H: 10" L: 12"
Akiba Galleries
May. 29, 2013
Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat
Est: $300 - $500
DESCRIPTION: Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat. Photo of a Cambridge Mass mansion foyer mounted on a cardboard mat with "Edwin H Lincoln" and "Cambridge Port Mass" imprinted on the bottom of each. Each cardboard has wear due to it's age.CIRCA: (1848-1938)ORIGIN: USADIMENSIONS: With cardboard mat H: 10" L: 12"
Akiba Galleries
May. 29, 2013
Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat
Est: $300 - $500
DESCRIPTION: Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat. Photo of a Cambridge Mass mansion mounted on a cardboard mat with "Edwin H Lincoln" and "Cambridge Port Mass" imprinted on the bottom of each. Each cardboard has wear due to it's age. CIRCA: (1848-1938)ORIGIN: USADIMENSIONS: With cardboard mat H: 10" L: 12"
Akiba Galleries
May. 29, 2013
Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat
Est: $300 - $500
DESCRIPTION: Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat. Photo of a sun room in a Cambridge Mass mansion mounted on a cardboard mat with "Edwin H Lincoln" and "Cambridge Port Mass" imprinted on the bottom of each. Each cardboard has wear due to it's age.CIRCA: (1848-1938)ORIGIN: USADIMENSIONS: With cardboard mat H: 10" L: 12"
Akiba Galleries
May. 29, 2013
Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat
Est: $300 - $500
DESCRIPTION: Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat. Photo of a large backyard in Cambridge Mass mounted on a cardboard mat with "Edwin H Lincoln" and "Cambridge Port Mass" imprinted on the bottom of each. Each cardboard has wear due to it's age.CIRCA: (1848-1938)ORIGIN: USADIMENSIONS: With cardboard mat H: 10" L: 12"
Akiba Galleries
May. 29, 2013
Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat
Est: $300 - $500
DESCRIPTION: Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat. Photo of the interior of a Cambridge port Mass mansion mounted on a cardboard mat with "Edwin H Lincoln" and "Cambridge Port Mass" imprinted on the bottom of each. Each cardboard has wear due to it's age.CIRCA: (1848-1938)ORIGIN: USADIMENSIONS: With cardboard mat H: 10" L: 12"
Akiba Galleries
May. 29, 2013
Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat
Est: $300 - $500
DESCRIPTION: Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat. Photo of a hand painted portrait in it's frame mounted on a cardboard mat with "Edwin H Lincoln" and "Cambridge Port Mass" imprinted on the bottom of each. Each cardboard has wear due to it's age. CIRCA: (1848-1938)ORIGIN: USADIMENSIONS: With cardboard mat H: 10" L: 12"
Akiba Galleries
May. 29, 2013
Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat
Est: $300 - $500
DESCRIPTION: Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat. Photo of a living area inside of a mansion on Cambridge port mounted on a cardboard mat with "Edwin H Lincoln" and "Cambridge Port Mass" imprinted on the bottom of each. Each cardboard has wear due to it's age.CIRCA: (1848-1938)ORIGIN: USADIMENSIONS: With cardboard mat H: 10" L: 12"
Akiba Galleries
May. 29, 2013
Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat
Est: $300 - $500
DESCRIPTION: Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat. Photo of a the dining area inside of a Cambridge port mansion mounted on a cardboard mat with "Edwin H Lincoln" and "Cambridge Port Mass" imprinted on the bottom of each. Each cardboard has wear due to it's age.CIRCA: (1848-1938)ORIGIN: USADIMENSIONS: With cardboard mat H: 10" L: 12"
Akiba Galleries
May. 29, 2013
Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat
Est: $300 - $500
DESCRIPTION: Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat. Photo of a foyer inside of a Cambridge port mansion mounted on a cardboard mat with "Edwin H Lincoln" and "Cambridge Port Mass" imprinted on the bottom of each. Each cardboard has wear due to it's age.CIRCA: (1848-1938)ORIGIN: USADIMENSIONS: With cardboard mat H: 10" L: 12"
Akiba Galleries
May. 29, 2013
Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat
Est: $300 - $500
DESCRIPTION: Edwin Hale Lincoln (1848-1938) original photo on mat. Photo of a decaying fruit plant mounted on a cardboard mat with "Edwin H Lincoln" and "Cambridge Port Mass" imprinted on the bottom of each. Each cardboard has wear due to it's age.CIRCA: (1848-1938)ORIGIN: USADIMENSIONS: With cardboard mat H: 10" L: 12"
Akiba Galleries
Apr. 18, 2013
LINCOLN, EDWIN HALE (1848-1938) "Wild Flowers of New England," Part X.
Est: $3,000 - $4,500
LINCOLN, EDWIN HALE (1848-1938) "Wild Flowers of New England," Part X. With 23 (of 25?) plates. Platinum prints, 9 1/4x7 1/4 inches (23.5x18.4 cm.), each tipped to a mount with Lincoln's letterpress credit, plate number, and title; two are framed. Small folio, gilt-lettered brown folding case; with the accompanying colophon; contents loose as issued. library edition./span 1904
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 11, 2012
LINCOLN, EDWIN HALE (1828-1938) Suite of 20 photographs from "Wildflowers of New England."
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
LINCOLN, EDWIN HALE (1828-1938) Suite of 20 photographs from "Wildflowers of New England." Platinum prints, 9 1/4x7 1/4 inches (23.5x18.4 cm.), each with a printed number and caption, in English and in Latin, on recto; each print is beautifully framed. 1910-1914
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 21, 2011
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN, (AMERICAN 1848-1938), "WILD ROSEMARY" WILD FLOWERS OF NEW ENGLAND, PHOTOGRAPHED FROM NATURE PLATE 90
Est: $400 - $600
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN (american 1848-1938)/span "WILD ROSEMARY" wild flowers of new england, photographed from nature/span PLATE 90 1908, titled on the mount. Platinum print. 9.5 x 7.5 in. (24.1 x 19.1cm) Mounted, unframed
Freeman's | Hindman
Oct. 21, 2011
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN, (AMERICAN 1848-1938), "TAPHYLEA TRIFOLIA, AMERICAN BLADDER NUT" WILD FLOWERS OF NEW ENGLAND, PHOTOGRAPHED FROM NATU
Est: $400 - $600
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN (american 1848-1938)/span "TAPHYLEA TRIFOLIA, AMERICAN BLADDER NUT" wild flowers of new england, photographed from nature/span PLATE 312 1914, titled on the mount. Platinum print. 9.5 x 7.5 in. (24.1 x 19.1cm) Mounted, unframed
Freeman's | Hindman
Oct. 21, 2011
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN, (AMERICAN 1848-1938), "BETULA LUTEA, YELLOW OR GRAY BIRCH" WILD FLOWERS OF NEW ENGLAND, PHOTOGRAPHED FROM NATURE PL
Est: $300 - $500
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN (american 1848-1938)/span "BETULA LUTEA, YELLOW OR GRAY BIRCH" wild flowers of new england, photographed from nature/span PLATE 303 1914, tItled on the mount. Platinum print. 9.5 x 7.5 in. (24.1 x 19.1cm) Mounted, unframed
Freeman's | Hindman
Aug. 04, 2010
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN, American, 1848-1938, Three black and white photographs of flowers., Photographs on paper, 9½" x 7½". Unframed.
Est: $500 - $700
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN American, 1848-1938 Three black and white photographs of flowers. "Carnations", "Horse Chestnut", and another untitled floral. Unsigned. Provenance: The artist's granddaughter. Photographs on paper, 9 1/2" x 7 1/2". Unframed.
Eldred's
Jun. 22, 2010
LINCOLN, Edwin Hale (1848-1938). Wild Flowers of New England Photographed from Nature . Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1910 [vols. 1-6] -1914 [vols. 7 and 8].
Est: $60,000 - $80,000
LINCOLN, Edwin Hale (1848-1938). Wild Flowers of New England Photographed from Nature. Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1910 [vols. 1-6] -1914 [vols. 7 and 8]. 16 parts in 8 volumes, 2υo (382 x 342 mm). Letterpress titles, indices of Latin names. 400 black-and-white platinum print photographs, each tipped at top to a sheet of fine paper with letterpress number and description in lower left. Original green-grey half morocco [vols. 7-8 slightly varying], cloth boards, front covers titled in gilt, by The Oakwood Binders, Pittsfield, Mass., with their ticket in vols. 7 and 8, uncut (spines faded, some light rubbing). Provenance: Berkshire Garden Center, Stockbridge, Massachusetts (bookplates). AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE COMPLETE SET OF EDWIN HALE LINCOLN'S BOTANICAL MASTERPIECE Lincoln began work on this series in 1904 and continued updating it until 1914. He printed and assembled the individual parts himself, producing a special set for each subscriber. Some were issued with loose plates, which he called the "Library Edition" and others were bound into volumes. "The number of volumes per set varied from subscriber to subscriber, depending on how many volumes Lincoln had completed by that time" (William F. Robinson, A Certain Slant of Light: The First Hundred Years of New England Photography). A full set, by 1914, consisted of 400 plates, as here. Robinson estimates that only 50 copies of Wild Flowers were produced. But only four copies are currently located, including the present and the copy sold at Skinner noted below, are currently located, the others being at the New York Public Library and the Lenox Massachusetts Library. Lincoln used an 8 x 10 format camera to record these images, and composed many of them in his studio after meticulously selecting the flowers from the field. The large negatives did not require enlargement: all of the photographs appear to be contact prints. To convey the subtleties of his subjects, Lincoln insisted on platinum paper. The parts comprise: Part I: Flowers of Early Spring; Part II: Honeysuckle, Dogwood and Saxifrage Families; Part III: Rose Family; Part IV: Rose and Heath Families; Part V: Lily, Iris, Violet and Convolvulus Families; Part VI: Aquatic Plants, Pink, Crowfoot and Madder Families; Part VII: Orchid Family; Part VIII: Mint and Figwort Family; Part IX: Flowers of Mid-summer; Part X: Pulse, Parsley, Milkweed and Composite Families; Part XI: Composite Family; Part XII: Flowers and Fruits of Autumn; Parts XIII-XIV: Supplementary Series; Parts XV-XVI: Supplementary Series. On the verso of the title of volume 1 is the statement "Revised Edition, Copyright 1911." VERY RARE: according to American Book Prices Current only one other complete set has been sold at auction in the last thirty years: Skinner's, 19 November 2006, lot 172. (8)
Christie's
Oct. 22, 2009
LINCOLN, EDWIN HALE (1848-1938) Select group of 14 botanical studies from the series
Est: $3,000 - $4,500
LINCOLN, EDWIN HALE (1848-1938) Select group of 14 botanical studies from the series "Wild Flowers of New England." Platinum prints, 9 1/4x7 1/4 inches (23.5x18.4 cm.), tipped to the original mount with the printed plate number, title and copyright on recto; one is hand-colored. Circa 1907
Swann Auction Galleries
Oct. 09, 2009
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
'WILD FLOWERS OF NEW ENGLAND, PHOTOGRAPHED FROM NATURE. VOL. VII. FLOWERS AND FRUITS OF AUTUMN' (Pittsfield, Massachusetts: published by the photographer, 1935), illustrated with 50 tipped-in platinum prints, ink calligraphic captions on the mounts. Folio, red half morocco, spines gilt
Sotheby's
Oct. 09, 2009
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
'WILD FLOWERS OF NEW ENGLAND, PHOTOGRAPHED FROM NATURE. VOL. VI. COMPOSITE FAMILY. MILKWEED AND SAXIFRAGE FAMILIES' (Pittsfield, Massachusetts: published by the photographer, 1935), illustrated with 50 tipped-in platinum prints, ink calligraphic captions on the mounts. Folio, red half morocco, spines gilt
Sotheby's
Oct. 09, 2009
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
'WILD FLOWERS OF NEW ENGLAND, PHOTOGRAPHED FROM NATURE. VOL. V. MINT AND FIGWORT FAMILIES. FLOWERS OF MIDSUMMER' (Pittsfield, Massachusetts: published by the photographer, 1935), illustrated with 50 tipped-in platinum prints, ink calligraphic captions on the mounts. Folio, red half morocco, spines gilt
Sotheby's
Oct. 09, 2009
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
'WILD FLOWERS OF NEW ENGLAND, PHOTOGRAPHED FROM NATURE. VOL. IV. ROSE AND PINK FAMILIES' (Pittsfield, Massachusetts: published by the photographer, 1935), illustrated with 51 tipped-in platinum prints, ink calligraphic captions on the mounts. Folio, red half morocco, spines gilt
Sotheby's
Oct. 09, 2009
EDWIN HALE LINCOLN
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
'WILD FLOWERS OF NEW ENGLAND, PHOTOGRAPHED FROM NATURE. VOL. III. HEATH AND DOGWOOD FAMILIES. ACQUATIC PLANTS' (Pittsfield, Massachusetts: published by the photographer, 1935), illustrated with 50 tipped-in platinum prints, ink calligraphic captions on the mounts. Folio, red half morocco, spines gilt
Sotheby's