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Robert Frank (1924-2019), LURE CAMERA PORTFOLIO, MABOU, NOVA SCOTIA, 1971-77, each signed and number
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Robert Frank (1924-2019), Swiss/American
LURE CAMERA PORTFOLIO, MABOU, NOVA SCOTIA, 1971-77
suite of six photo-lithographs in colours on wove paper, with full margins
each signed and numbered 22/70, there were also 30 artist's proofs numbered in Roman; printed in 1980
the largest 22 x 39 in — 55.9 x 99.1 cm; various sizes 18 x 27 in — 45.7 x 68.6 cm
Provenance:
Note:
Robert Frank, a pioneering Swiss-American photographer and filmmaker, is best known for his seminal 1958 book The Americans, which captured raw portraits of American life. His work, often marked by its candidness, pushed the boundaries of documentary photography.
"In 1970, Robert Frank and his wife, June Leaf, purchased property in Mabou, Novia Scotia in order establish a second, more remote home and began to split their time between Mabou and New York. The work that followed this shift took on a more introspective tone, seeking inspiration from the artist’s personal life and his roughen, natural surroundings in contrast to the crowded, voyeuristic street scenes from the height of his career.
The Lure camera was a type of automatic disposable camera that was sold pre-loaded with color film and once the film was exposed, the entire camera was sent back to the manufacturer in California to be developed and printed. Frank received his first Lure camera as a gift in the early 1970s and for approximately five years this camera was his choice tool with which to capture and create a journalistic series of collages. These works displayed his day-to-day in a way that challenged the visually static nature of the medium—some collages feature images staggered or overlapped atop one another, creating a rough sense of time lapse, while others feature personal inscriptions and imbedded documents.
These collages were ultimately exhibited at the National Film Board of Canada Gallery in Ottawa, Ontario in 1978 and then purchased by the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, where the collection remains. In 1980, Mr. Frank, encouraged by the National Film Board's director, Lorraine Monk and the printer Ernie Herzig, produced this portfolio based upon the work he made with the Lure camera."[1]
[1] in. Christie's, New York, NY, 6 April 2021, Photographs, a similar item offered at the lot 73
Estimate: $6,000—8,000
LURE CAMERA PORTFOLIO, MABOU, NOVA SCOTIA, 1971-77
suite of six photo-lithographs in colours on wove paper, with full margins
each signed and numbered 22/70, there were also 30 artist's proofs numbered in Roman; printed in 1980
the largest 22 x 39 in — 55.9 x 99.1 cm; various sizes 18 x 27 in — 45.7 x 68.6 cm
Provenance:
Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, ON
Private Collection, Ontario
Note:
Robert Frank, a pioneering Swiss-American photographer and filmmaker, is best known for his seminal 1958 book The Americans, which captured raw portraits of American life. His work, often marked by its candidness, pushed the boundaries of documentary photography.
"In 1970, Robert Frank and his wife, June Leaf, purchased property in Mabou, Novia Scotia in order establish a second, more remote home and began to split their time between Mabou and New York. The work that followed this shift took on a more introspective tone, seeking inspiration from the artist’s personal life and his roughen, natural surroundings in contrast to the crowded, voyeuristic street scenes from the height of his career.
The Lure camera was a type of automatic disposable camera that was sold pre-loaded with color film and once the film was exposed, the entire camera was sent back to the manufacturer in California to be developed and printed. Frank received his first Lure camera as a gift in the early 1970s and for approximately five years this camera was his choice tool with which to capture and create a journalistic series of collages. These works displayed his day-to-day in a way that challenged the visually static nature of the medium—some collages feature images staggered or overlapped atop one another, creating a rough sense of time lapse, while others feature personal inscriptions and imbedded documents.
These collages were ultimately exhibited at the National Film Board of Canada Gallery in Ottawa, Ontario in 1978 and then purchased by the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, where the collection remains. In 1980, Mr. Frank, encouraged by the National Film Board's director, Lorraine Monk and the printer Ernie Herzig, produced this portfolio based upon the work he made with the Lure camera."[1]
[1] in. Christie's, New York, NY, 6 April 2021, Photographs, a similar item offered at the lot 73
Estimate: $6,000—8,000
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Robert Frank (1924-2019), Swiss/American
LURE CAMERA PORTFOLIO, MABOU, NOVA SCOTIA, 1971-77
suite of six photo-lithographs in colours on wove paper, with full margins
each signed and numbered 22/70, there were also 30 artist's proofs numbered in Roman; printed in 1980
the largest 22 x 39 in — 55.9 x 99.1 cm; various sizes 18 x 27 in — 45.7 x 68.6 cm
Provenance:
Note:
Robert Frank, a pioneering Swiss-American photographer and filmmaker, is best known for his seminal 1958 book The Americans, which captured raw portraits of American life. His work, often marked by its candidness, pushed the boundaries of documentary photography.
"In 1970, Robert Frank and his wife, June Leaf, purchased property in Mabou, Novia Scotia in order establish a second, more remote home and began to split their time between Mabou and New York. The work that followed this shift took on a more introspective tone, seeking inspiration from the artist’s personal life and his roughen, natural surroundings in contrast to the crowded, voyeuristic street scenes from the height of his career.
The Lure camera was a type of automatic disposable camera that was sold pre-loaded with color film and once the film was exposed, the entire camera was sent back to the manufacturer in California to be developed and printed. Frank received his first Lure camera as a gift in the early 1970s and for approximately five years this camera was his choice tool with which to capture and create a journalistic series of collages. These works displayed his day-to-day in a way that challenged the visually static nature of the medium—some collages feature images staggered or overlapped atop one another, creating a rough sense of time lapse, while others feature personal inscriptions and imbedded documents.
These collages were ultimately exhibited at the National Film Board of Canada Gallery in Ottawa, Ontario in 1978 and then purchased by the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, where the collection remains. In 1980, Mr. Frank, encouraged by the National Film Board's director, Lorraine Monk and the printer Ernie Herzig, produced this portfolio based upon the work he made with the Lure camera."[1]
[1] in. Christie's, New York, NY, 6 April 2021, Photographs, a similar item offered at the lot 73
Estimate: $6,000—8,000
LURE CAMERA PORTFOLIO, MABOU, NOVA SCOTIA, 1971-77
suite of six photo-lithographs in colours on wove paper, with full margins
each signed and numbered 22/70, there were also 30 artist's proofs numbered in Roman; printed in 1980
the largest 22 x 39 in — 55.9 x 99.1 cm; various sizes 18 x 27 in — 45.7 x 68.6 cm
Provenance:
Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, ON
Private Collection, Ontario
Note:
Robert Frank, a pioneering Swiss-American photographer and filmmaker, is best known for his seminal 1958 book The Americans, which captured raw portraits of American life. His work, often marked by its candidness, pushed the boundaries of documentary photography.
"In 1970, Robert Frank and his wife, June Leaf, purchased property in Mabou, Novia Scotia in order establish a second, more remote home and began to split their time between Mabou and New York. The work that followed this shift took on a more introspective tone, seeking inspiration from the artist’s personal life and his roughen, natural surroundings in contrast to the crowded, voyeuristic street scenes from the height of his career.
The Lure camera was a type of automatic disposable camera that was sold pre-loaded with color film and once the film was exposed, the entire camera was sent back to the manufacturer in California to be developed and printed. Frank received his first Lure camera as a gift in the early 1970s and for approximately five years this camera was his choice tool with which to capture and create a journalistic series of collages. These works displayed his day-to-day in a way that challenged the visually static nature of the medium—some collages feature images staggered or overlapped atop one another, creating a rough sense of time lapse, while others feature personal inscriptions and imbedded documents.
These collages were ultimately exhibited at the National Film Board of Canada Gallery in Ottawa, Ontario in 1978 and then purchased by the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, where the collection remains. In 1980, Mr. Frank, encouraged by the National Film Board's director, Lorraine Monk and the printer Ernie Herzig, produced this portfolio based upon the work he made with the Lure camera."[1]
[1] in. Christie's, New York, NY, 6 April 2021, Photographs, a similar item offered at the lot 73
Estimate: $6,000—8,000
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