Four Decades: In Celebration of AIPAD
Four Decades: In Celebration of AIPAD
Lee Marks Fine Art, Shelbyville, IN
Jeffrey Becom and Corey Allen
Full Moon (Mosaic)
Lot Closed
December 21, 05:56 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Lee Marks Fine Art, Shelbyville, IN
Jeffrey Becom and Corey Allen
b. 1953 and b. 1972
Full Moon (Mosaic)
a mosaic comprised of 7 tintypes on copper, mounted together with painted nails to green board, framed, signed and editioned '5' in ink on the photographers' label on the reverse, from an anonymous paper negative likely circa 1900, 2007, no. 5 in an edition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs
image: 20 ¼ by 21 ½ in. ( 51.4 by 54.6 cm.)
frame: 33 ¼ by 33 ¼ in. (84.5 by 84.5 cm.)
"I have been working with Jeffrey Becom since 1993. Becom grew up in Shelbyville, IN (coincidently, where Lee Marks Fine Art is now located), graduated with a degree in architecture from the University of Cincinnati, and shortly thereafter, re-located to the Monterey coast of California. Never looking back, he has made a name for himself as an architect, painter, photographer, and author.
Becom has long had an interest in historical photographic processes, especially tintypes. After collecting a few examples, he and Corey Allen (his long-time printer in Arizona) devised a process on copper, using much of the original tintype chemistry. Aside from the Moon mosaic piece offered here, Becom has made a small series of his own assemblages, inspired by the South American tradition of the Retablo, 19th century Latin American religious paintings." - Lee Marks
Established in 1981, Lee Marks Fine Art maintains a broad inventory of photography and works with many private collectors. Lee Marks is a founding member and past president of the Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD).