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Paulin, Frank
(1926-2016)Untitled (photogram)

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 4.12.2024

Untitled (photogram). 1947. Vintage unique gelatin silver print. 9,8 x 11,5 cm. Signed and dated by the photographer in ink and photographer's stamp on verso, mounted in mat.

The American artist and photographer Frank Paulin was born in Pittsburgh and grew up in New York City and Chicago. At the age of 16 in 1942, his photographic education began as an art apprentice at Whittaker-Christiansen Studio, Chicago. In 1944, Paulin joined the Army and he spent two years in the Signal Corps in Europe. During this time, Paulin developed his documentary artistic style by photographing wartime devastation of German cities. In 1946, Paulin returned to Chicago and enrolled at the Institute of Design. By the end of the 1950s, Frank Paulin's educational résumé included studies at the New School under the renowned art director Alexey Brodovitch. – Creases in corners, stronger in upper right, otherwise in very good condition.

Provenance: Christie's. Light, Volume and Form: Photographs from the Shalom Shpilman Collection, May 24-June 2, 2016, lot 50.