The Pond—Moonlight

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The Pond—Moonlight is a pictorialist photograph by Edward Steichen. The photograph was made in 1904 in Mamaroneck, New York, and features a forest across a pond, with part of the moon appearing over the horizon in a gap in the trees. The Pond—Moonlight is an early color photograph, created through the use of light-sensitive gums. Only three copies are known to exist. In February 2006, a print of the photograph sold for US $2.9 million,^[1] at the time, the highest price ever paid for a photograph at auction. The auction itself is also presented in the part 6 of the BBC documentary "The Genius of Photography".^[2]

[edit] See also

• List of most expensive photographs

[edit] References

1. ^ Roger Tooth, At $2.9m, Pond-Moonlight becomes world's most expensive photograph, The Guardian, February 15, 2006.
2. ^ "Rare photo sets $2.9m sale record". BBC News. 2006-02-15. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4715106.stm. Retrieved on 2006-12-28.