BRUCE SILVERSTEIN

Paris Photo

November 8 - 11, 2018Booth E7

Recognized today as one of the most influential figures in modern photography, the Hungarian artist, designer and educator, György Kepes (1906-2001) was one of the founding members of the New Bauhaus in Chicago. A longtime assistant and protégé of Moholy-Nagy in the years preceding the Second World War, Kepes had emigrated to the United States at his mentor’s invitation to oversee the photography program at the newly established academy. At the core of Kepes’ teaching activity at the New Bauhaus stood the exploration of the possibilities of form and image as defined by light. Similarly, in his own photographic practice Kepes often employed the use of light projections, solarization, reverse printing and photograms. The Two Faces of Juliet (c. 1937-1939) was realized with two superimposed photograms of the artist’s wife, further embellished with layers of multi-colored gouache. The finished unique object elicits parallels to the 18th century practice of silhouette drawing, a predecessor to the fully-automated photographic portrait, which Kepes skillfully translates into the modern era by exposing his subject directly onto the photographic substrate and pointing towards the inner workings of the mind of his Janus-faced muse.

While Man Ray acknowledged the revolutionary impact of Duchamp’s concept of the “readymade” he often sought to expand on its principles. In Lampshade (1920), the rendition of a detached and otherwise banal lampshade, unwinding from its original, cylindrical form into an elegant, descending spiral becomes a meditation on the ephemeral nature of the physical world. Sometimes combining objects or employing evocative titles to create a sense of surrealist poetic expression, Man Ray preferred to alter the design of a manufactured object, as he has eloquently done in this instance.

Lampshade was one of the artist’s earliest sculptural works to be exhibited, first shown on April 30, 1920 at the inaugural exhibition of the Société Anonyme in New York, alongside works by Constantin Brâncuși, Marcel Duchamp and several other landmark figures. The original Lampshade was a hanging spiral of paper, which Man Ray recalls in his 1963 memoir Self-Portrait, was destroyed by a janitor the night before the exhibition, forcing the artist to quickly fashion a new piece for the show. Man Ray’s experience as part of the Société Anonyme came at a critical point in his early career, when he had not yet found financial stability. Employed by co-founder Katherine Dreier to take publicity photographs of the artworks, this functional use of photography—to record his own artworks and those of leading artists—was Man Ray’s primary use of the medium at this time. Reproduced in Francis Picabia’s surrealist journal 391 the same year, it was this very work that first exposed Man Ray’s work to a larger audience and gave the artist confidence to fully explore the potential of photography.

Following the release of her highly-anticipated new monograph, Liberty Theater, the gallery is pleased to present a dynamic installation of twenty vintage prints by Rosalind Fox Solomon spanning several decades across her spirited career. New multimedia work by Mishka Henner will be shown for the first time, alongside images from Todd Hido’s newest publication and eponymous concurrent gallery exhibition, Bright Black World.

Further highlights of the exhibition will include a rare platinum print by Paul Strand, Boy, Tenancingo de Degollado, Mexico (1933), several FSA-era works by Dorothea Lange including her most iconic photograph, Migrant Mother (1936), and the original oversized exhibition print by David Seymour, Tereska, Poland (1948) from the Smithsonian’s landmark 1969 exhibition, The Concerned Photographer. Vintage prints by Dora Maar, Constantin Brâncuși, Germaine Krull, Erwin Blumenfeld and Louis Faurer will also be featured, alongside exceptional works by Keith A. Smith, Trine Søndergaard, Penelope Umbrico and Marjan Teeuwen that will be shown for the first time at Paris Photo.

BRUCE SILVERSTEIN

Lisette Model (1901-1983)Shadows, c. 1940

Gelatin silver prints, printed c. 1960sEach approximately 13 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. (35 x 25.2 cm)

Provenance: The Estate of Lisette Model

Werner Mantz (1901-1983)Treppe Villa von Twickel 1929, Architekt H. Wirminghaus, Bromsilberabzug, 1930

Gelatin silver print, printed 19309 x 5 1/2 in. (22.9 x 14 cm)

WMA-00001-SP

Louis Faurer (1916-2001)George Barrows in Robert Frank’s Loft, New York, 1949 Gelatin silver print flush-mounted to board, printed 1949

13 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. (34.3 x 22.2 cm)LFA-00004-SP

Frank Paulin (1926-2016)Gas Mask, Lower East Side, New York City, 1956

Gelatin silver exhibition print flush-mounted to board, printed c. 195610 x 13 3/4 in. (25.4 x 34.93 cm)

FPA-00562-SP

Dora Maar (1907-1997)Picasso en Minotaure, Mougins, 1937

Gelatin silver print mounted to board, printed c. 1937 11 5/8 x 9 in. (29.5 x 22.9 cm)

DMAA-00006-SP

Mark Cohen (b. 1943)Hat and Bag in Alley, Mkt St Hgts, 1974

Gelatin silver print, printed 197416 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)

MCO-00187-SP

Richard Prince (b. 1949)Untitled, 1983

Chromogenic print, printed c. 198915 5/8 x 23 in. (39.7 x 58.4 cm)

RPR-00000-SP

Germaine Krull (1897-1985)Advertisement for the Six Peugeot 12-cylinder, 1930 Gelatin silver print mounted to board, printed c. 1930

9 1/4 x 6 7/8 in. (23.5 x 17.5 cm)GKR-00003-SP

Erwin Blumenfeld (1897-1969)Nude Waving Behind Perforated Screen, c. 1955

Gelatin silver print, printed c. 195513 1/4 x 10 1/8 in. (33.7 x 25.7 cm)

Provenance: The Estate of Erwin BlumenfeldEBL-00003-SP

György Kepes (1906-2001)The Two Faces of Juliet, c. 1937-1939

Gelatin silver print with gouache flush-mounted to board, printed c. 1937-1939 11 5/8 x 8 7/8 in. (29.5 x 22.5 cm)

GKE-00428-SP

Todd Hido (b. 1968)#11798-3574, 2017

Archival pigment print38 x 57 in. (96.5 x 144.8 cm)

THI-00244-SP

Harry Callahan (1912-1999)Ireland, 1979

Dye-transfer print, printed c. 19807 1/8 x 10 1/2 in. (18.1 x 26.7 cm)

HCA-00098-SP

Lewis Baltz (b. 1945)New Industrial Parks #37: East Wall, Business Systems Division,

Pertec, 1881 Langley, Santa Ana, 1974 Gelatin silver print

5 3/4 x 9 in. (14.6 x 22.9 cm)LBA-00004-SP

Aaron Siskind (1903-1991)Bahia, 1984

Cibachrome print, printed c. 198414 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)

Provenance: The Aaron Siskind Foundation ASI-01272-SP

Aaron Siskind (1903-1991)Bahia, 1984

Cibachrome prints, printed c. 1984 Each 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)

Provenance: The Aaron Siskind Foundation

Trine Søndergaard (b. 1972)Guldnakke #6, 2012

Archival pigment print43 1/2 x 43 1/2 in. (110.5 x 110.5 cm)

TSO-00236-SP

René Magritte (1898-1967) / Harry Shunk (1924-2006) & János Kender (1937-2009)René Magritte et “Le Pèlerin” (1966), Bruxelles, 1967

Gelatin silver print, printed c. 19679 3/8 x 7 in. (24 x 18 cm)

RMAG-00035-SP

August Sander (1876-1964)Jungbauern (Young farmers), Westerwald, 1914

Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1970 by Gerd Sander9 5/8 x 7 1/8 in. (24.4 x 18.1 cm)

ASA-00038-SP

Man Ray (1890-1976)Portrait d’Elsa Schiaparelli, c. 1930

Gelatin silver exhibition print mounted to board, printed c. 193011 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. (28.8 x 19 cm)

MRA-00078-SP

Man Ray (1890-1976)Juliet, c. 1950

Gelatin silver print mounted in camera shutter4 13/16 x 4 15/16 x 1 1/16 in. (12.2 x 12.5 x 2.7 cm)

MRA-00079-SP

[actual size]

Man Ray (1890-1976)Lampshade, 1920

Gelatin silver contact print mounted to board, printed 19204 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (12.1 x 5.7 cm)

MRA-00030-SP

[actual size]

Frederick Sommer (1905-1999)Cut Paper, 1971

Gelatin silver exhibition print mounted to board, printed 19719 x 6 7/8 in. (22.9 x 17.5 cm)

FSO-00328-SP

František Drtikol (1883-1961)Untitled (Nude with Rope), 1929 Gelatin silver print, printed 1929

9 1/2 x 11 5/8 in. (24.13 x 29.53 cm) FDR-00006-SP

Constantin Brâncuși (1876-1957)Lily, c. 1925

Gelatin silver print, printed c. 192511 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (29.2 x 23.8 cm)

CBR-00087-SP

Keith Smith (b. 1938)Quilt Pattern, 1971

Mixed media with machine sewing4 x 7 1/2 in. (10.2 x 19.1 cm)

KSM-00415-SP

Keith Smith (b. 1938)Harold Allen, 9:57AM, 6 Sep 72; 23 Jan, 1972-1973

Mixed media7 x 5 1/2 in. (17.8 x 14 cm)

KSM-00351-SP

Mishka Henner (b. 1976)Landfall, 2018

Suite of 15 archival pigment prints on vinyl records with recordingsEach 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (29.9 x 29.9 cm)

MHE-00092-SP

Marjan Teeuwen (b. 1953)Archive Johannesburg, 2015

Archival pigment print43 x 65 in. (109.2 x 165.1 cm)

MTE-00020-SP

Paul Strand (1890-1976)Boy, Tenancingo de Degollado, Mexico, 1933

Gelatin silver print flush-mounted to board, printed 1933-19455 7/8 x 4 5/8 in. (14.9 x 11.8 cm)

PST-00026-SP

David Seymour (1911-1956)Tereska, Poland, 1948

Gelatin silver exhibition print mounted to aluminum, printed no later than 1966 29 x 19 in. (73.66 x 48.26 cm)

DSE-00001-SP

Ben Shahn (1898-1969)Deckhand aboard the Queen of Dycusburg, Memphis, Tennessee, 1935

Gelatin silver print, printed c. 19357 x 9 1/4 in. (17.8 x 23.5 cm)

BSH-00002-SP

Dorothea Lange (1895-1965)Migrant Mother, 1936

Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1960-19629 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (24.1 x 19.1 cm)

DLA-00142-SP

Weegee (1899-1968)Summer, Lower East Side, 1937

Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1940s11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

WEE-00021-SP

Larry Silver (b. 1934)Penn Station, 1951

Gelatin silver print, printed 199814 x 11 in. (35.56 x 27.94 cm)

LSI-00180-SP

André Kertész (1894-1985)Washington Square Day, 1954 | Washington Square at Night, 1954

Gelatin silver prints, printed c. 1970sEach 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Provenance: The Estate of André Kertész

Rosalind Solomon (b. 1930)Fisherman, Mississippi, from Liberty Theater, 1977

Gelatin silver print, printed 197815 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. (38.7 x 38.7 cm)

RSO-00374-SP

Rosalind Solomon (b. 1930)Installation View

Joel-Peter Witkin (b. 1939)Eggs of my Amnesia, Rome, 1996

Gelatin silver print16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.8 cm)

JWI-00018-SP

Featured Artists

Diane ArbusLewis Baltz

Werner BischofErwin Blumenfeld

Bill BrandtManuel Alvarez Bravo

Anne BrigmanConstantin Brâncuși

Henri Cartier-BressonMark CohenTed Croner

F. Holland DayRobert DoisneauFrantišek Drtikol

Alfred EisenstaedtKaroly EscherLouis Faurer

Jaromir FunkePhillipe HalsmanMishka Henner

Todd HidoLewis Hine

Dennis HopperGyörgy KepesAndré KertészGermaine KrullDorothea Lange

Dora MaarRené MagritteWerner MantzLisette Model

Arnold NewmanFrank PaulinIrving Penn

Sigmar PolkeRichard Prince

Man RayGerhard Richter

Alexander RodchenkoAugust SanderDavid Seymour

Ben ShahnCindy Sherman

Larry SilverAaron SiskindKeith Smith

Rosalind SolomonFrederick Sommer

Alfred StieglitzPaul StrandJosef Sudek

Trine SøndergaardMarjan Teeuwen

Raoul UbacPenelope Umbrico

WeegeeRyan Weideman

Dan WeinerEdward WestonJoel-Peter Witkin

Francesca Woodman

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