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Fran Forman: Fig. 17, 2008, archival pigment print, signed verso, 8.25"x9" ($350-$650) will be offered in The Photo Review Benefit Auction.
CONTACT: Stephen Perloff
215-891-0214
info@photoreview.org
AUCTION TO BENEFIT THE PHOTO REVIEW
Vintage and Contemporary Work by an International Who’s Who of Photography Up for Bid
LANGHORNE,
PA--The Photo Review, a
critical journal of photography, will
hold its Annual Benefit Auction on Saturday, October 27, 2012, at 4 p.m. at
Freeman’s Auctioneers at 1808
Chestnut Street in Philadelphia.
The event will feature an international slate
of photographers as well as a host of Philadelphia artists. Beginning and
experienced collectors alike will have the opportunity to bid on work by such
historic masters as Werner Bischof, Karl Blossfeldt, Édouard Boubat, Cornell
Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Edward S. Curtis, Robert Doisneau, Godfrey Frankel,
Hans Hajek-Halke, Gertrude Käsebier, Willy Kessels, Heinrich Kühn, Clarence John Laughlin,
Russell Lee, Constantine Manos, Leonard Misonne, Barbara Morgan, Herb Ritts, Arthur
Rothstein, Giorgio Sommer, and Jack Welpott.
Among the contemporary photo stars whose work
will go on the block are Sally Apfelbaum, Lucien Clergue, Mitch Dobrowner, Chris
Earnshaw, Larry Fink, Jill Freedman, Lois
Greenfield, Henry Horenstein, Elaine Ling, Rania Matar, Susan Meiselas, Joe Mills, Jeffrey Milstein, Aline Smithson, Catherine
Steinmann,
George Tice, Philip Trager, and Hiroshi Watanabe.
Featured local luminaries include Susan Abrams,
Noah Addis, Theo Anderson, Andrea Baldeck, Rita Bernstein, Howard Brunner, Charmaine
Caire, Paul
Cava, Paula Chamlee, Vincent David Feldman, Alida Fish, Judy Gelles, David Graham, David Haas, Jessica
Todd-Harper, Catherine Jansen, Richard Kagan, Bruce Katsiff, Peter Miraglia, Wendy Paton, Amie Potsic, Laurence
Salzmann, Tom Shillea, Leif Skoogfors, Michael A. Smith, Anna Tas,
and Christine Welch.
In addition, a broad range of 19th-century and vernacular photographs
is up for bid. According to Photo
Review editor Stephen Perloff, prices will range from $50 to $7,000.
A silent auction,
concurrent with the live auction, will feature photography and computer
equipment and software, inkjet paper, restaurant meals, museum memberships,
theater tickets, books, jewelry, etc.
Freeman’s is
Philadelphia’s premier auction house and the nation’s oldest. The Photo Review
is proud to partner with Freeman’s as they present their Photograph and
Photobook auction on Friday, October 21.
Lodima
Archival Materials has provided matting for Photo Review auction items.
A
preview will be held at Freeman’s on Thursday and Friday, October 25 and 26,
from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and on Saturday, October 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
just prior to the auction. Proceeds from the auction, a popular event since
1983, fund such activities as an annual juried competition for emerging
photographers. Admission is free with
purchase of the fully illustrated catalog, available through The Photo Review, 215-891-0214. Buyers
may preview the auction online, and place bids at http://www.photoreview.org. The
auction lots will be on-line in early October.
Images are available upon
request.
THE PHOTO REVIEW
Founded in 1976, The Photo Review is a critical journal
of photography that covers events around the world and serves as a central
resource for the Mid-Atlantic region. The quarterly journal contains reviews,
portfolios, interviews, book reviews, and news, while the companion newsletter,
issued eight times a year, contains the most complete exhibition listings from
New York to Washington, DC, and northern Virginia, and now also California, and
exhibition opportunities and news from around the world. Subscriptions are $45
a year.
PHOTO AUCTION TO BENEFIT THE PHOTO REVIEW
What: Annual
Benefit Auction in
support of The Photo Review
When: Saturday,
October 27, 2012 at 4 p.m.
Auction
admission with purchase of catalogue ($12).
Where: Freeman’s
Auctioneers, 1808
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Featuring: 250
photographs by an international slate of photographers
Price range: $50
to $7,000
Preview: Thursday
to Friday, October 25-26, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday,
October 27, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (prior to auction)
Catalog: Fully
illustrated catalog available for $12.
On-line: Preview or bid at www.photoreview.org.
Proceeds: Support
activities of The Photo Review, including
the annual juried competition for emerging photographers.
Contact Stephen Perloff: 215-891-0214, info@photoreview.org, www.photoreview.org.
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