Lot 70: Harold Chapman (b.1927) , A group of views of the King's Road, London, 1960s

Twelve vintage silver prints, flush-mounted on boards, each titled and signed in either ink or pencil on the reverse, and each bearing one or more inked stamps, also on the reverse. Quantity: 12

measurements note each approx 38 x 26 cm (15 x 10 in.) or the reverse

Acquired by the present owner directly from the photographer.

Harold Chapman is best known for his 1950s-60s study of the Beat Hotel, in Paris, where he resided for some years recording the goings-on with his peculiar blend of engagement and paranoia. A very fine observer-photographer throughout a long career, there are many other periods of his work which deserve to be better known.
All of the present images were products of a commisison for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, for whom Chapman was a 'roving reporter'.
Printed in the 1960s, some of them were stamped at a later date when Chapman had settled in Deal, England. They were exhibited in the 1980s by Philippe Martin, a part-time volunteeer fireman and entomologist who ran an art gallery in Clermont l'Herault, France.