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    • Alex Harris (b. 1949), Cuban Woman
      Mar. 13, 2020

      Alex Harris (b. 1949), Cuban Woman

      Est: $400 - $800

      Alex Harris (b. 1949), Cuban Prostitute chromogenic print, matted and framed under Museum Glass. SS 21 3/4 x 21 1/2 in.; DOA 32 1/4 x 31 5/8 in. Alex Harris is one of the most important and prolific photographers living in North Carolina. He is also a nationally-recognized writer, teacher, and documentarian. Harris graduated from Yale University in 1971 and was a student of Walker Evans. His photography projects have taken him to New Mexico, North Carolina, Alaska, and Cuba, and he often photographs people in everyday scenarios while rethinking the concept of ordinariness. Harris founded the Center for Documentary Photography at Duke University in 1980, where he currently teaches. He has exhibited at museums including the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; the International Center of Photography, New York; the Nasher Museum of Art, Durham; and the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, where his exhibition, Our Strange New Land: Photographs by Alex Harris, is currently on view. From the Personal Collection of Dr. Larry Wheeler and Donald Doskey, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Additional high-resolution photos are available at LelandLittle.com

      Leland Little Auctions
    • Alex Harris (American, b. 1949)
      Oct. 18, 2019

      Alex Harris (American, b. 1949)

      Est: $500 - $700

      Las Trampas, New Mexico Looking East from Levi Lovato's 1972 Chevrolet Monte Carlo  Plate 80 from Red White Blue and God Bless You Ektacolor print, 1987 titled, dated and signed on verso framed 14.75 x 18.5 in. (sheet) 22.25 x 28.25 in. (frame) Provenance: From the Robert B. Riley Collection, Illinois

      Cowan's Auctions
    • Alex Harris (NC, born 1949), Star Warehouse, Rigsbee Avenue, Durham, NC
      Jun. 15, 2019

      Alex Harris (NC, born 1949), Star Warehouse, Rigsbee Avenue, Durham, NC

      Est: $400 - $800

      Alex Harris (NC, born 1949), Star Warehouse, Rigsbee Avenue, Durham, NC chromogenic print, 1985, printed 2016, signed to verso, edition of 20, accompanied by artist's label that is also ink signed, unframed. Image Size 12 1/8 x 15 1/4 in.; Sheet Size 13 x 19 1/8 in. Alex Harris is one of the most important and prolific photographers living in North Carolina. He is also a nationally-recognized writer, teacher, and documentarian. Harris graduated from Yale University in 1971 and was a student of Walker Evans. His photography projects have taken him to New Mexico, North Carolina, Alaska, and Cuba, and he often photographs people in everyday scenarios while rethinking the concept of ordinariness. Harris founded the Center for Documentary Photography at Duke University in 1980, where he currently teaches. He has exhibited at museums including the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; the International Center of Photography, New York; the Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, where there there is currently an exhibition on view; and the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, where there is a forthcoming exhibition. Star Warehouse was one of the very large tobacco warehouses located in downtown Durham for a duration of the 20th century. Such warehouses were used for tobacco auctions, and the Star Warehouse was located near the Roycroft Warehouse, which is the subject of the photograph in Lot 306. From the Estate of the late Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, Durham, NC Additional high-resolution photos are available at LelandLittle.com

      Leland Little Auctions
    • Alex Harris (NC, born 1949), Princeville, NC
      Jun. 15, 2019

      Alex Harris (NC, born 1949), Princeville, NC

      Est: $500 - $1,000

      Alex Harris (NC, born 1949), Princeville, NC black-and-white photograph (mounted), pencil signed and dated "A. Harris 1971" to the mount, matted and framed. Sheet Size 8 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.; DOA 16 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. Alex Harris is one of the most important and prolific photographers living in North Carolina. He is also a nationally-recognized writer, teacher, and documentarian. Harris graduated from Yale University in 1971 and was a student of Walker Evans. His photography projects have taken him to New Mexico, North Carolina, Alaska, and Cuba, and he often photographs people in everyday scenarios while rethinking the concept of ordinariness. Harris founded the Center for Documentary Photography at Duke University in 1980, where he currently teaches. He has exhibited at museums including the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; the International Center of Photography, New York; the Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, where there there is currently an exhibition on view; and the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, where there is a forthcoming exhibition. This photograph is from a series Harris completed in 1971-72 for Duke University's Institute of Policy Sciences and Public Affairs. The series documents substandard housing and living conditions in rural North Carolina. Beginning the project immediately after his graduation from Yale, Harris was encouraged by his teacher Walker Evans, who advised students to look past classroom and museum settings to find inspiration in "the life of the streets." From the Estate of the late Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, Durham, NC Additional high-resolution photos are available at LelandLittle.com

      Leland Little Auctions
    • ALEX HARRIS (b. 1949)
      May. 16, 2012

      ALEX HARRIS (b. 1949)

      Est: £2,000 - £3,000

      ALEX HARRIS (b. 1949) Havana, Cuba, 1998 chromogenic print, printed 2012 signed and dated in ink (margin, recto) image 22 x 28in. (60 x 71cm.) sheet 24 x 30in. (61 x 76.2cm.)

      Christie's
    • Alex Harris (b. 1949), Sol and Cuba, Old Havana...
      Feb. 18, 2012

      Alex Harris (b. 1949), Sol and Cuba, Old Havana...

      Est: -

      Alex Harris (b. 1949), Sol and Cuba, Old Havana... chromogenic print, full title is "Sol and Cuba, Old Havana, Looking North from Alberto Roja's 1951 Plymouth, Havana," the negative was taken on May 23, 1998, this image was printed later. DOA 45 x 55.5 in. This image was gifted to the Getty Museum by Michael and Jane Wilson, founders of the Wilson Centre for Photography. Harris' work is also housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the North Carolina Museum of Art, among others. He currently lives in Durham, North Carolina.

      Leland Little Auctions
    • ALEX HARRIS (B. 1949)
      Oct. 07, 2009

      ALEX HARRIS (B. 1949)

      Est: $1,500 - $2,500

      ALEX HARRIS (B. 1949) Sahd's Store, Penasco, New Mexico, 1985 chromogenic print, printed 1994 signed, titled and dated in ink (on the verso) 22½ x 18½in. (57.2 x 47cm.)

      Christie's
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