Photographs

Saul Leiter

Selected Images (2 Painted Photographs)

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April 3, 04:15 PM GMT

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10,000 - 15,000 USD

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Saul Leiter

1923 - 2013

Selected Images (2 Painted Photographs)

2 unique objects, gelatin silver prints with hand-applied gouache and watercolor, each signed in ink on the image, one dated and inscribed 'for Diane March 4 1995' in ink on the reverse, each framed

each object: 10 by 7⅞ in. (25.4 by 20 in.)

each frame approximately: 15½ by 13¼ in. (39.4 by 33.7 cm.)

Executed in the 1950s, painted in the 1980s-90s.

Private Collection, Santa Barbara

Acquired from the above by the present owner

A pioneer of color photography, Saul Leiter revisited his images of nude studies made in the 1950s later in his career by enhancing the already painterly qualities of the images with uniquely applied gouache and watercolor. Leiter remained a prolific painter until his death. These vibrant and intimate nude studies embody his multi-disciplinary practice and the lasting impact of the Abstract Expressionist movement in New York felt across media.