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Signed, titled, dates on label on verso. Editioned 1/6, plus 2 AP. Framing/glazing is an extra $750, plus packing and shipping. The base price goes up $1,000 per print sold in the edition. Also available in a 18 x 23 inch size in an edition of 12, plus 2 APs at $3,500 unmounted and unframed.

This image is from the "Local Stories" series, which is expected to be published in book form by Steidl later this year or next.

Jerry Spagnoli (New York, 1956), a photographer since the mid-1970s, is best known for his work with the daguerreotype process, a complex photographic technique invented in 1839 that produces images on highly polished, silver clad copper plates. Initiating his exploration of the daguerreotype in San Francisco in 1994, Spagnoli experimented with 19th-century materials and studied the effects achieved by early practitioners to understand the technical aspects of the process, as well as its expressive and visual potential as a medium.

He began work on an ongoing series entitled “The Last Great Daguerreian Survey of the 20th Century” in 1995, continuing the series upon returning to the east coast in 1998. The project features views of the metropolis as well as images of historically significant events including the destruction of the World Trade Center on 9/11, the vigil following the disappearance of John F. Kennedy, Jr., and Times Square at midnight on the eve of the new millennium. Considered the leading expert in the revitalization of the daguerreotype process, Spagnoli is also noted for his collaboration with artist Chuck Close on daguerreotype portraits and nudes.

Spagnoli had several important books on his work published, including "Daguerreotypes: 1995-2004, Jerry Spagnoli" by Steidl in 2006, "American Dreaming by Steidl in 2010, and "Heirloom Harvest" by Bloomsbury USA in 2015.

Spagnoli says about his medium: "I've come to appreciate [it] as a presentation method, not simply as an image-generating system. A daguerreotype captured from any source, if properly executed, still presents the image to the viewer with uncanny immediacy.

"Ultimately my use of various materials and methods is centered in my desire to make complicated stories out of the everyday world, which is my apparent subject matter. Photography allows me to engage viewers with images and ideas which are filtered through the abstracting apparatus of the camera and woven into the matrix of its rich history."

His work is in the following museum collections: The Whitney Museum of American Art; The National Portrait Gallery; The Chrysler Museum; The Fogg Museum; The High Museum; The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Nelson Atkins Museum; The Art Institute of Chicago; The Oakland Museum; The New York Historical Society; The Museum of the City of New York; The Cleveland Museum; Musee Carnavalet, Paris.

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Sheep Meadow, Central Park, NYC (from "Local Stories" Series)
Jerry Spagnoli Sheep Meadow, Central Park, NYC (from "Local Stories" Series)

Price $6,500

Main Image
Description

Ref.# 11583

Medium Pigment Print

Mount on di-bond

Photo Date 2009  Print Date 2023

Dimensions 33 x 42 in. (838 x 1,067 mm)

Photo Country United States (USA)

Photographer Country United States (USA)

Contact

Alex Novak and Marthe Smith

Email info@vintageworks.net

Phone +1-215-518-6962

Company
Contemporary Works / Vintage Works, Ltd.



 

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