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We are not photograph experts, but this is said to be a gelatin silver dye transfer contact sheet artwork. That is also how the other ones that we’ve seen for sale were listed as. Featuring a lone female nude in poses in front of a mirror with her reflection from behind. Artist: Robert Graham (Mexico) 1938. Medium: Gelatin Silver Dye Transfer with acrylic. Edition: 24 of 75. Signature: Signed by the artist verso. Condition: The photograph seems to be in fine condition. It is framed in a clear lucite mounting frame which has masking tape residue to each of the four sides. All three artworks that we have also have the same masking tape remnant. We assume these will be mounted in better frames. Photograph – 8 1/2″ x 11″. Image Size – 3 7/8″ x 4 7/8″. Lucite case – 12 3/8″ x 14 3/4″. Robert Graham was born in Mexico City in 1938 and moved to California in 1948. After studying art at San Jose State University and the San Francisco Art Institute, he spent time in London before settling into his studio in Venice, California, in 1972. With an expansive artistic practice ranging from intimately scaled sculpture to towering public monuments and distinctive architectural design, it was Graham’s ability to crystallize his observations of the human form into iconic and emotive representations of the figure that drove his accomplishments. Over the course of his career, Graham achieved acclaim in museum and gallery exhibitions as well as in the public realm. One of the most significant public artists in the country during his lifetime, Graham was commissioned to create sculptural monuments across the United States. His first major civic commission came from the Olympic Arts Festival organization in Los Angeles in 1984. Other commissions include: the Monument to Joe Louis in Detroit (1986); the FDR Memorial in Washington, D. (1997); the Duke Ellington Memorial in New York City (1997); the Charlie “Bird” Parker memorial in Kansas City (1999); and the Great Bronze Doors of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles (2002). Robert Graham also designed the National Medal of Arts in 1985. Awarded annually by the President of the United States to artists and arts patrons, it is the highest form of recognition for outstanding contribution to the arts in the country. Robert Graham’s work is in the collections of major institutions including Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Dallas Museum of Fine Art; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D. Museum of Fine Arts Houston; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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Prepared by the personnel of the Works Progress Administration, A. Yedidia, Supervisor, and published by the California State Library. 1939, 1940, & 1941, 2 volumes with additional supplement and author index, 488 pp, 475 pp, 290 pp, 65 pp, 11 x 8.25, cloth binding. In good condition with some markings on boards and spines. Ex-library with embossed call numbers and bookplates from Free Library of Philadelphia inside front covers. Hinges in good condition. Text is typeset, sturdily bound into 4 separate volumes. General age-related toning to pages. Some minor tears art top and bottom edges. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. 4 scarce volumes cataloging the Mexican Pamphlets in the Sutro Collection at the California State Library. His family donated the collection to the California State Library after his death, where it was catalogued into the two main volumes, accompanying supplement, and author index available here. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “robinrarebooks” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam, Uruguay.

• Year Printed: 1939
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Topic: Historical
• Region: North America
• Subject: History
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Language: English
• Publisher: California State Library
• Place of Publication: San Francisco

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