Lot 1460
American Poets. Lot of three photographs, featuring great American poets of different generations: Thomas Dunn English, Edwin Markham and Archibald MacLeish. English appears on a cabinet card by Gutekunst of Philadelphia, signed recto and verso, "Dec 23, 1897" also recto; the recto signature and inscription are somewhat shaky, given the nature of the surface. The Markham photograph, a 7 x 9" black and white portrait of the poet with pen in hand, bears the inscription: "To the comparable Henry Woodhouse: there is only one of him. At his name all our hats go up into air! E.H.". The MacLeish photo is signed in the bottom margin ("Archibald MacLeish"). With the exception of some toning and aging to the Markham photograph, they are in very good to fine condition.
Although of different eras, these great men wrote about the American experience with sympathy towards the everyday trials of the working class, linking art and society's ills. Modern poetry bears the imprint of all three men.
Estimated Value $150 - 200.
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