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One of Kind, Rare, Hand Printed Mid Century Collection of 28 Photographs.

Rare Collection of Photographs of “Roman Sculptures” Mid Century Era
Contains a large number of reference photographs, which are all actual authentic, dark room printed, silver gelatin prints, varying in size from smallest at 3 x 4 inches to 8 x 10 inches for a total of 28 photos. Glue marks reveal that these were also probably kept in an album, from a collector of Roman sculpture history. The color of all photos seems to range in a variation of sepia. There are no ‘true’ black & white photos; they all have the same aesthetic and tonality. Some signs of mild aging but overall, extremely beautiful.

I conclude that the photograhs were taken by using a large format camera, and images were photographed directly from art history books, and then, were printed in a darkroom.

When the collection is seen as a whole, one next to each other, as depicted in the main image, it becomes a large artwork on it’s own; a very unique & spectacular montage.

Private Collection.

Part of the Private Estate Art Collection of a Los Angeles Collector of Mid Century Art (1920-70’s), who passed away in 1999 in the USA. Acquired via his son in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

In several weeks of research, I’ve been able to conclude that the collection belonged to a great lover of the arts, with quite a variation in selection in his acquisitions. We can find paintings containing abstract, portraiture, still lives, etc.

It is my understanding, going through most of the archives, that the collector had amassed an incredible quantity of art history books, magazines, newspaper clippings & hundreds of handwritten notes. I also conclude that the collector, along with his research, conducted art history talks at certain art institutions, I believe, as a self-taught art historian of sorts, which depicts his real passion; the sharing of his knowledge to others.

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Guy Berube
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