Lot 110: HARRIS, EUGENE V. (active 1940s-1954) "Peruvian Boy with Flute."

Name: HARRIS, EUGENE V. (active 1940s-1954) "Peruvian Boy with Flute."
Brand: Swann Auction Galleries
SKU: zww5o3nomi

Est: $3,000 USD - $4,500 USDSold:

Swann Auction GalleriesNew York, NY, USOctober 15, 2007

Item Overview

Description

HARRIS, EUGENE V. (active 1940s-1954)
"Peruvian Boy with Flute." Silver print, 13x10 inches (33.0x24.5 cm.), flush mounted. 1954-55

Artist or Maker

Eugene V. Harris

Condition Report

All items are offered for sale subject to Swann Galleries'' standard terms and conditions of sale, which are published in our catalogues.

Notes

From the estate of Arthur Goldsmith, editorial director of Ziff-Davis; to the current owner.

Perhaps the signature image from "The Family of Man" exhibition, which was organized by Edward Steichen, then director of photography at the Museum of Modern Art, in 1955. The picture appeared on the cover of MoMA''s book, and was used extensively in magazines and newspapers across the country, including Ziff Davis''s own "Popular Photography."

This pioneering exhibition offered infinitely diverse images of human beings living in the 1950s, emphatically reminding viewers that they all belonged to the same big family. Now regarded as the 'greatest photographic enterprise ever undertaken,' the exhibition consisted of 503 photographs taken by 273 photographers, both professional and amateur, famous and unknown, from 68 countries. A huge undertaking, with unique cultural and artistic dimensions, "The Family of Man" stirred public interest in photography and its tremendous ability to communicate.

Harris was photojournalist Werner Bischof''s assistant. Their tragic death in Peru (where this image was made), occurred right before the exhibition opened.

Auction Details

IMPORTANT 19TH & 20TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS

Swann Auction Galleries

October 15, 2007, 02:30 PM EST

104 East 25th Street, New York, NY, 10010, US

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