Specializing in 19th and 20th century American photography with an emphasis on vintage and contemporary work from California and the southwest. The Michael Dawson Gallery, based in Los Angeles, also maintain an inventory of rare photographic books. In part of the AIPAD Photography Show 2015, the gallery selected three prints on display at the fair Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Carole Reiff and Edward Weston.
1. Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Dos Pares de Piernas (Two Pairs of Legs), 1928-29, printed circa 1985.
Gelatin silver photograph measuring 8 ¾ x 7 inches, signed by the photographer in pencil on verso, notations in pencil in unidentified hand on verso.
An early example of Bravo’s combination of Surrealist influences combined with the depiction of contemporary Mexican life.
2. Carole Reiff
Chet Baker, “Open Door”, July’55. 1955.
Gelatin silver photograph measuring 8 x 10 inches, titled in pen on verso, photographer’s stamp on verso.
Carole Reiff was one of the few female jazz photographers working in New York in the 1950s. Her work was more interpretive than documentary. As a free-lance photojournalist, she covered recording sessions, interviews, jam sessions, events and concerts for record companies including Columbia, Atlantic, Riverside, United Artists, and Prestige, among others. Her photographs appeared in Esquire, Time and the music trade journals. Metronome magazine cited her portrait of Theolonius Monk as “Jazz Photograph of the Year, 1956”.
3. Edward Weston
[Untitled Portrait], 1920.
Platinum/palladium photograph measuring 9 ½ x 7 ½ inches on thin cream colored cardboard mount measuring 18 x 14 inches, signed and dated by the photographer in pencil on mount below image.
A fine example of Weston’s early work in portraiture.
INFORMATIONS
AIPAD 2015
16 – 19 April, 2015
The Park Avenue Armory
643 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10065
USA
http://www.aipad.com
Michael Dawson Gallery
PO Box 39994
Los Angeles California 90039
United States
http://www.michaeldawsongallery.com
