Bassenge Photography Auction 107
19th – 21st Century Photography with a Special section of 19th Century Photographs of India (G. Heil Collection)
Including photographs by:
Leopold Ahrendts | Leopoldi Alinari | James Anderson | Thomas Andrew | Dieter Appelt | Eugène Atget | Edouard-Denis Baldus | Georg Barker | Max Baur | Felice Beato | Bernd und Hilla Becher | Emil Bieber | Ilse Bing | Walter Bird | Oliver Boberg | Robert Bothner | Samuel Bourne | Bourne & Shepherd | Josef Breitenbach | Émile Brugsch | Jewgeni Chaldej | Lucien Clergue | Tommaso Cuccioni | Lala Deen Dayal | Maxime du Camp | Harold Edgerton | Walker Evans | Louis Faurer | Allen Frame | Robert Frank | Francis Frith | Vincenzo Galdi | Jean Théophile Geiser | Wilhelm von Gloeden
Lot 4181
Harry Callahan. "...
Gitterman Gallery is proud to present an exhibition of color and black and white photographs by Allen Frame that celebrates the pairing of his photographs with the literary work of the Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño.
Drawing from Frame’s archive, the publisher New Directions has used nine of his photographs as Bolaño book covers. Frame's photographs convey a deeply felt but restrained sense of intimacy, suffused with aspects of both desire and alienation, and hints of noir-like menace. Bolaño's work draws on motifs of detective fiction but transcends the genre to create an intensely moving reflection on creative lives played out in the shadow of oppressive political and social conflicts. His gritty, visceral writing probes into the dark corners of experience with a notable appreci...