Louis Faurer

a group of 40 photographs, each signed, titled, and dated in pencil on the reverse, 1937-73, printed 1980-81, each one in an edition of 40 (40)

Light Gallery, New York

The 40 photographs are below, with titles and descriptions from an accompanying typed list: Silent Salesman, 1937 N. Y. C., 1949 (women in front of billboard) Freudian Hand Clasp, 1948 Untitled, NY, NY, 1948 (woman with umbrella in crowd) Untitled, NY, NY, 1950 (three black cadillacs) Rat Race, N. Y., 1949 Time Square USA, 1950 (home of the brave) Untitled, NY, NY, 1949 (woman stroking man's head) Win, Place, & Show, 1947 Social Patron, 1948 Indian Summer, 1949 Globe Theatre, 1950 NY, NY, 1948 (three godfathers) Ideal Theatre, Phila, PA., 1938 Repaving Times Square, NY, NY, 1949 Untitled, NY, NY, 1951 (two women in front of black car) Playground, 1947 NYC., 1948 (Union Square through a window with hangers) Phila., PA., 1937 (group crossing the street) Untitled, NY., 1950 (couple in profile) Untitled, NYC, 1973 (woman reading on subway) 42nd ST., NY, NY, 1948 Staten Island Ferry, 1946 NY, NY, 1950 (four men with cab door) NYC., 1950 (man staring, Times Square) Untitled, Phila., PA., 1949 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, 1938 Untitled, NYC, 1950 (three girls in black car-joyride) Bus No. 7, NY, 1950 NY, NY, 1948 (twins) Eddie, 1948 NY, NY, 1947 (people, lit fence, night, vertical) Longchamps Restaurant, 1946 NY, NY, 1947 (back view of woman with straw hat) NY, NY, 1949 (back view of couple) 14th ST., Horn and Hardart, NY, NY, 1947 San Genaro Festival, NY, NY, 1950 New York, N. Y., ca. 1947 (children, man and woman in front of Ritz bar) Barnum & Bailey Dressing Room, NYC 1950 Orchard Street, NYC 1948 The photographs and typed list are in a yellow Kodak photographic paper box.
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In 1979, Louis Faurer and Light Gallery selected 40 of the photographer's most important images, which were then printed in an edition of 40.  While the edition was fully realized, extant complete sets are rare.