Lot 61
  • 61

Homer Page

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Homer Page
  • 'NEGROES UNDER MARQUEE LIGHTS'
flush-mounted to Masonite, a Museum of Modern Art label on the reverse, 1949, printed no later than 1958

Provenance

Acquired from the photographer, 1958

Condition

This print is in generally excellent condition. There is a 1/4-inch linear red ink mark in the lower left corner of the print. Visible in raking light are a few small surface impressions or indentations that do not break the emulsion. On the reverse, there are two small sections of adhesive remnants along the top of the mount, likely from the removal of an old mount. Our assessment of the print date is based on the provenance information.
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Catalogue Note

The full catalogue information for this lot is as follows:

flush-mounted to Masonite, a Museum of Modern Art label and numerical notations in unidentified hands in ink and crayon on the reverse, matted, 1949, printed no later than 1958

Born in Oakland, California, Page attended the Institute of Design in Chicago in 1940 and '41. He worked as a commercial photographer in San Francisco and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1950. Later in his career, Page became photo editor for Argosy magazine, and his photographs appeared in the New York Times Magazine and Harpers.