[Circa 1950].
Price: $4,500.00
Unbound. A collection of 19 large gelatin silver photographs with 17 of them measuring 13½" x 9" and two measuring 14" x 11". Each image has the stamp and/or signature of Lee Balterman on the verso. A few small creases or tears, mostly confined to the margins. Near fine. Includes images mages of the elderly Sandburg, his brother-in-law Edward Steichen (Sandburg was married to Steichen's sister Lilian), other friends and family, as well as of Sandburg playing the banjo and guitar, reading, standing outside of the Carl Sandburg Association in Galesburg, Illinois, fooling around with Steichen on a Galesburg firetruck, and socializing. Balterman was a well-known Chicago freelance photographer who provided covers for periodicals such as *Life*, *Fortune*, and *Sports Illustrated*.
Item #448716
