Lot 35: Faurest Davis (1906-1991)

Four Boxed Glass Figures, Tucson, 1938Gelatin silver print, signed and dated in pencil on the mount; initialed, titled, dated and notation '242' in ink on the mount verso.7 5/8 x 9 1/2in (19.2 x 24.1cm)mount 14 3/4 x 16in (37.4 x 40.6cm)

Provenance
With Jeffrey Fraenkel Gallery, San FranciscoExhibitedSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art, A History of Photography from CA Collections, February 9-April 30, 1989Faurest Davis first studied astronomy before turning to photography and becoming a commercial photographer in the 1930s. His work was championed and exhibited by Ansel Adams at the San Francisco Golden Gate Exposition. Beaumont Newhall, MoMA, New York's first Curator of Photographs also purchased a few of Davis's works for the Museum's collection.