Kenneth Josephson

Chicago (88-4-9)

1988 printed 1980s

Edition 3 of 50

Edition 7 of 50 Matted

Edition 7 of 50

Aaron Siskind (1903-1992) started his career as a documentary photographer and a member of the Photo League. He and his colleagues were interested in photography as a tool to record and address social inequalities of the day. Many of his images from the 1930's for example explored life in Harlem. In the early 1940's Siskind drifted away from social depictions preferring to capture images that focused on textures and shapes. Images of advertising fragments, graffiti and sidewalks become engaging and hypnotic because of their abstract qualities rather than the subject matter. As a result he became one of the first "abstract" photographers. Siskind's aesthetic and sensibility evolved parallel to the Abstract Expressionist movement. As a result he was the only photographer to be included in the groundbreaking 9th Street Art...

Balthasar BURKHARD (1944–2010, Switzerland) Chicago, 2004 Unique book print, signed on recto Image 41 x 28 cm (16 1/8 x 11 in.) Frame 59 x 45 cm (23 1/4 x 17 3/4 in.) Signed by the a...

Signed, dated and numbered. Portfolio "Twelve Photographs", No. 13 György Kepes was a Hungarian artist born in 1906. He studied painting at Budapest’s Academy of Fine Arts. In 1937,...

Paul Caponigro 1932-2024 Negative Print, Brewster, NY, 1963 Signed in pencil on mount recto Gelatin silver print Image 7-1/2"x9-3/8", Paper 8"x10", Mount 15"x18", Mat 16"x20"