Archive for March, 2023

The Eye of Photography (L’Oeil de la Photographie) features Bill Owens

Posted on March 30, 2023 | No Comments

The March 29th edition of The Eye of Photography featured Bill Owens latest portfolio release, Suburbia, and the limited-edition release of The Legacy of Suburbia book.

Bill Owens
50th Anniversary Suburbia Collection
Limited Edition Portfolio in clamshell box, published by True North Editions
36 archival pigment prints on 17” x 22” Moab Juniper Baryta Cotton Rag 305
Edition of 8 + 2 AP
Signed

For a full overview of photographs in the portfolio, visit:
https://www.scottnicholsgallery.com/artists/portfolios/bill-owens-50th-anniversary-suburbia-collection/

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SFAI: The Spirit Is Alive! Event & Benefit Auction Sunday

Posted on March 24, 2023 | No Comments

— SFAI Legacy Foundation —

The Spirit is Alive!

Sunday, March 26th, 2-6pm
Minnesota Street Project

Join artists, friends, and appreciators to celebrate the colorful history of one of the oldest art schools in the United States. The event, supporting the SFAI Legacy Foundation, features live music, beverages, beatniks, and a silent auction with special limited portfolio.

Founded in 1871 and formerly known as the California School of Fine Arts (SFA), the San Francisco Art Institute has been a birthplace and home to nearly every cultural movement and artistic expression over the past 152 years.

For event schedule or to purchase tickets, click here.

Works by renowned SFAI instructors loaned from Scott Nichols Gallery:

ANSEL ADAMS
“Cancelled” Moonrise over Hernandez, New Mexico. 1941, printed in the late 1960s
16″ x 20″ Gelatin silver print artifact from Adams’ darkroom

IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM
Morris Graves. 1950, printed 1970
9″ x 11 1/2″ Signed & titled gelatin silver print

DOROTHEA LANGE
Maynard Dixon’s Hands. 1930, printed 1977
11″ x 14″ Gelatin silver print by Oakland Museum

DOROTHEA LANGE
Unemployment Line. c.1937, printed later
11″ x 14″ Gelatin silver print by Oakland Museum

EDWARD WESTON
Wings of Pelican. 1931, printed 1946 by Cole Weston
7 3/8″ x 9 3/8″ Stamped gelatin silver print

MINOR WHITE
Steel Doors, San Francisco. 1949
9 1/4″ x 7″ Vintage gelatin silver print

Supporting the SFAI Legacy Foundation
Ticket sales $5 – $150 (sliding scale)
Auctions until 5:15pm

Live Auction
Paul Kos

Silent Auction
Anne Appleby
Enrique Chagoya
Linda Connor
Mark di Suvero
Linda Fleming
Jack Fulton
Jim Goldberg
Mike Henderson
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Mildred Howard
Robert Hudson
Michael Jang
Judith Linhares
Reagan Louie
Mike Mandel & Larry Sultan
Tom Marioni
Fred Martin
Jim Melchert
Gay Outlaw
Irene Pijoan
Johanna Poethig
John Roloff
Deborah Remington
Richard Shaw
Stephanie Syjuco
Gail Wight
William T. Wiley
Nina Hubbs Zurier

And a special portfolio containing works by
Uta Barth
Ruth Bernhard
Linda Connor
Imogen Cunningham
Judy Dater
Katy Grannan
Catherine Opie
Nigel Poor
Elisabeth Sunday
Catherine Wagner

See Auction

For more information about the SFAI Legacy Foundation, visit www.sfailegacyarchive.org.

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Spring Blossoms

Posted on March 22, 2023 | No Comments

Soft floral photographs from Johan Hagemeyer, Imogen Cunningham, Lee Friedlander, and more.

JOHAN HAGEMEYER
Dahlia. 1930
7″ x 8 1/2″ Vintage signed and dated gelatin silver print

JOHAN HAGEMEYER
Water Lily. c. 1938
5 3/4″ x 6 1/4″ Vintage gelatin silver print

JOHAN HAGEMEYER
Tulip. 1939
4 7/8″ x 5 5/8″ Vintage gelatin silver print with notations

FRED ORINGER
Untitled (Flower). c. 1985
6 3/8″ x 6 3/8″ Signed sepia toned gelatin silver print

ANSEL ADAMS
Orchard, Early Spring, Near Stanford University, California.
c. 1940, printed c. 1970
16″ x 20″ Signed & stamped gelatin silver print

IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM
Magnolia Blossom 1925, printed 1950s
10 1/4″ x 13 1/4″ Signed gelatin silver print

LEE FRIEDLANDER
Hollyhocks, Taos, New Mexico. 1974
7 1/2″ x 11 1/8″ Vintage signed gelatin silver print

See more:
Ansel Adams
Imogen Cunningham
Johan Hagemeyer

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Welcoming Spring

Posted on March 20, 2023 | No Comments

Celebrating the coming of spring with this Fresson still life from Sheila Metzner.

SHEILA METZNER
Anthuriums. 1985
19 1/8″ x 12 7/8″ Signed unique Fresson print

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Adventurous Aerials: Margaret Bourke-White

Posted on March 15, 2023 | No Comments

Celebrating her vital role in American History:
First Western photographer permitted to enter the Soviet Union
First American female war correspondent & photojournalist
Photographer for the first cover of LIFE magazine
First woman to work in WWII combat zones

Golden Gate Bridge (Aerial). 1951
13 1/2″ x 8″ Stamped gelatin silver print

Untitled (Square Aerial with Horseback Riders). 1951
10 1/4″ x 10 1/4″ Stamped gelatin silver print

Aerial Horseback Riders, Ocean Beach. 1951
13 1/2″ x 10 1/2″ Stamped gelatin silver print

Untitled (Helicopter). 1951
10 5/8″ x 13 1/2″ Stamped gelatin silver print

Aerial View of Coastal Fog. 1951
9 1/2″ x 13 1/2″ Stamped gelatin silver print

Untitled Aerial Landscape. c. 1935
3″ x 4″ Stamped gelatin silver prints

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Group F.64 — From A Recent Exhibition In Korea

Posted on March 8, 2023 | No Comments

Artworks recently highlighted at DongGang International Photography Festival
동강사진박물관 DongGang Museum of Photography, Yeongwol, South Korea

ANSEL ADAMS
Mudhills, Arizona. 1947, printed 1970
14 3/4″ x 19 5/8″ Signed and numbered gelatin silver print

ALMA LAVENSON
Yosemite (Clouds). 1941
4″ x 4 5/8″ Vintage signed gelatin silver contact print

EDWARD WESTON
Iris Alberto’s Hands (Thumbs Together). 1929
9 3/8″ x 6 1/4″ Vintage signed gelatin silver print

BRETT WESTON
Pine Needles. 1968
10 3/4″ x 13 1/4″ Signed & dated gelatin silver contact print

SONYA NOSKOWIAK
Storage Tanks, California. 1935
7 1/2″ x 9 1/2″ Stamped gelatin silver print

JOHN PAUL EDWARDS
Majesty in Death. ND
10 3/4″ x 13 1/4″ Signed gelatin silver print

IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM
Magnolia Blossom. 1925, printed 1950s
10 1/4″ x 13 1/4″ Signed & dated gelatin silver print

HENRY SWIFT
Sculpture from Henry Swift’s Fireplace. ND
9 1/2″ x 7 1/2″ Titled gelatin silver print

See the installation:
DG Photo Festival

More Group f.64:
Ansel Adams
Imogen Cunningham
John Paul Edwards
Alma Lavenson
Sonya Noskowiak
Henry Swift
Brett Weston
Edward Weston

Previous Exhibitions at Scott Nichols Gallery:
Group f.64 Founders & Followers
Group f.64 and Their Circle

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Marion Patterson

Posted on March 1, 2023 | No Comments

Philosopher, Photographer, and Student of Group f.64

Schooner Gulch Beach, Mendocino Coast. 2001, printed 2002
11″ x 14″ Vintage signed gelatin silver print

Bowling Ball Beach. 1997, printed c. 2008
10 1/2″ x 12 1/2″ Signed gelatin silver print

Bowling Ball Beach. 1998, printed c. 2000
10 1/2″ x 13″ Vintage signed gelatin silver print

Bowling Ball Beach. 1998, printed c. 2000
10 1/2″ x 13″ Vintage signed gelatin silver print

Filaree, Sequoia National Park. c. 1960
8″ x 10″ Signed gelatin silver print

Indian Rhubarb. c. 1960
10 1/2″ x 14″ Vintage signed gelatin silver print

Grasses, Foresta, Yosemite National Park. c. 1958. printed c. 1961
8″ x 10″ Vintage signed gelatin silver print

Listen to an interview with Marion Patterson in the Stanford Libraries collection here.