Vintage Early 1940s Photograph "Young Autumn Moon" Signed by Artist, Published

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This stunning photo composition has strong antecedents in the Art Deco period. If it had been the poster for a … more This stunning photo composition has strong antecedents in the Art Deco period. If it had been the poster for a hit movie, no one would have been surprised. It is pure glamour.
In the artist's words as published in the American Annual of Photography "The profile was made several years ago when I was just taking snapshots, but was occasionally roused to try something different. Later I became more seriously interested in photography and began to do my own work and to take many pictures, chiefly still life. Chrysanthemums, pine cones,oak leaves and acorns being at hand, an arrangement was made of them. The result suggested nothing in particular, so nothing was done about it. About to drop off to sleep one night, the two prints suddenly came to my mind, in conjunction. As soon as time allowed, I fastened the two negatives together after moving them about to the best advantage, made the print..."
"Young Autumn Moon" by Sydney Sedgwick Green was published in The American Annual of Photography, Volume 57, in 1943. The photograph received an Honorable Mention. We have found no record of any of her works coming to market. Young Autumn Moon is framed in a silver toned wood frame which has hints of antique gold under it.
Sydney Sedgwick Green, nee Watson, 1887-1981, was born and lived in New Jersey. In 1909 she married Charles Andrew Green, an English born amateur photographer who had won international awards. They had one child, a daughter, also an artist who exhibited in New York City and Philadelphia. less