Loading Spinner

Tony Menodoza Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1941 -

Mendoza was born in Havana, Cuba, and moved to Miami, Florida with his family in 1960. He graduated from Yale with a Bachelor of Engineering and Harvard with a Master of Architecture, before becoming a full-time photographic artist in 1973. Married to Maria del Carmen from Esperanza, Cuba, and they have two children Alex and Lydia.[citation needed]

Mendoza taught in the photography department at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio from 1988 until his retirement in 2013.[1]

His most famous book, Ernie, is a photographic memoir centered on a cat he encountered when he moved into an apartment in New York City. Mendoza has received three National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, a Guggenheim Photography Fellowship as well as two Creative Writing fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council.

Read Full Artist Biography

0 Lots

Sort By:

Categories

    Auction Date

    Seller

    Seller Location

    Price Range

    to
    • Tony Menodoza (Cuba/US, b. 1941).
      Nov. 12, 2016

      Tony Menodoza (Cuba/US, b. 1941).

      Est: $400 - $600

      Two photographs, probably silver gelatin prints, of Ernie printed in 2000. Signed on back with date of printing. Photographs originally taken between 1980-1985. These photographs were featured in "Ernie: A Photographer's Memoir" first published in 1985. 15 7/8" x 19 3/4".

      Quinn's Auction Galleries Central Virginia
    Lots Per Page: