Martha Graham
17.78 cms x 22.23 cms (7 ins x 8.75 ins)
Signed in ink lower right, editioned lower left
printed in 1935
Lot offered for sale by Saskatchewan NAC, Regina at the auction event "Canadian and International Prints and Photography" held on Sun, Sep 22, 2024.
Lot 37
Lot 37
Estimate: CAD $700 - $800
Realised: CAD $708
Realised: CAD $708
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
From the portfolio Ten Photographers, compiled in 1978 by and for the Women's Campaign Fund in a limited edition of 75. Portfolio 41/75 is held by the Library of Congress (Washington), another is held by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Notes:
Barbara Morgan was born in 1900 in Buffalo, Kansas. He studied at the University of California Los Angeles from 1919 to 1923, where he drawings, prints and paintings skewed toward the abstract. In the late 1930s Morgan began to work almost exclusively in photography, experimenting with light drawing and photomontage, but also developing an intimacy in her documentation of modern dance in America, the work for which she is perhaps best known. She was a founder of Aperture Magazine in 1952, and her work was published and exhibited widely. Today her work can be found in many collects, including Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago), University of California, Temple University (Philadelphia), Getty Museum (Los Angeles), Museum of Modern Art (New York) and the Portland Museum of Art. Barbara Morgan died in 1992, in North Tarrytown, New York.
From the portfolio Ten Photographers, compiled in 1978 by and for the Women's Campaign Fund in a limited edition of 75. Portfolio 41/75 is held by the Library of Congress (Washington), another is held by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Notes:
Barbara Morgan was born in 1900 in Buffalo, Kansas. He studied at the University of California Los Angeles from 1919 to 1923, where he drawings, prints and paintings skewed toward the abstract. In the late 1930s Morgan began to work almost exclusively in photography, experimenting with light drawing and photomontage, but also developing an intimacy in her documentation of modern dance in America, the work for which she is perhaps best known. She was a founder of Aperture Magazine in 1952, and her work was published and exhibited widely. Today her work can be found in many collects, including Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago), University of California, Temple University (Philadelphia), Getty Museum (Los Angeles), Museum of Modern Art (New York) and the Portland Museum of Art. Barbara Morgan died in 1992, in North Tarrytown, New York.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.