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Metzner, Sheila
(b. 1939)Still life with Gladiolas

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts
Auktionsdatum 5.6.2024

Still life with Gladiolas. 1982. Vintage Fresson print on matte double-weight paper. 40 x 27,4 cm (55 x 39,8 cm). Signed by the photographer in pencil and photographer's Sheila Metzner, Photographer, Michel Fresson-Print blindstamp in lower margin; annotated by the photographer in pencil (Artist Proof) on the verso.

Sheila Metzner's unique photographic style has positioned her as a contemporary master in the worlds of fine art, fashion, portraiture, still life and landscape photography. Born in Brooklyn, she attended Pratt Institute, where she majored in Visual Communications, and was then hired by Doyle Dane Bernbach advertising agency as its first woman art director. While raising five children she continued to take pictures. Gallery shows and commercial clients soon followed. Her first commercial client was Valentino, followed by Elizabeth Arden, Perry Ellis, Shiseido, Fendi, Saks Fifth Avenue, Paloma Picasso, Victoria's Secret and Revlon. – In near excellent condition.