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Siegel, Arthur
(1913-1978)Abstraction, Crystals

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

Abstraction, Crystals. 1946. Vintage, unique large-format gelatin silver print on ivory paper. 35,2 x 27,8 cm. Signed and dated in pencil on verso, mounted in mat.

Arthur Siegel began photographing as a youth in the mid-1920s. He studied at the University of Michigan before enrolling at the New Bauhaus at the Armour Institute, where he studied under the school's founder, László Moholy-Nagy, and György Kepes until 1938. Siegel then worked as a photojournalist for the New York Times and took journalism assignments for several decades. His photography was featured in numerous major exhibitions, including two solo shows at the Art Institute of Chicago and as part of the Image of America exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art. Siegel was known for his experimental use of color techniques, and from the 1950s onward, he often explored abstract uses of color as a form of expression. – Minimal edge wear, a few creases in lower area and upper right and left areas, otherwise an attractive large print in good condition.

Provenance: Christie's. Light, Volume and Form: Photographs from the Shalom Shpilman Collection, May 24-June 2, 2016, lot 69.