Laurence Miller Gallery Exhibition                                                       Nov 4- Dec 24, 2004

   Important Photographs
from a private swiss collection

IMPORTANT PHOTOGRAPHS FROM A PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTION will be on view at Laurence Miller Gallery from November 4 - December 24, 2004. This exhibition marks the first in a series devoted to a single collector's vision and point of view that the Laurence Miller Gallery will present over the next few years. Each of the prints on exhibit from this Swiss Collection reveals a strong affinity for the human condition, especially the idea of belonging to a group versus the desire for individuality. 

Robert Frank's classic "City Fathers, Hoboken, 1955" majestically shows the power of political connections, whereas William Eggleston's "Southern Environs of Memphis, 1972" speaks of the forces of conformity and urban growth. Nan Goldin's "Flaming Car, Salisbury Beach, N.H., 1979" and Lee Friedlander's "Nude, 1979" celebrate private passions made public, while Jakob Tuggener's "Hungarian Ball, Zurich, 1935" reveals an intimate moment within a large festive gathering.

The collection is all post-war with one exception --Tuggener's "Hungarian Ball, 1935"--and unique in its mix of European (Frank, Tuggener, and Boubat) and American (Friedlander, Goldin, Klein, and Eggleston) image makers. It is curious, as well, that Robert Frank is Swiss living in the US, and William Klein is American living in Paris.

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Jakob Tuggener
Arbeiter im Basler Rheinhafen, 1947
23 1/2 x 19 inches, printed later
Signed on verso

 

 

 

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Jakob Tuggener
Hotel Dolder, Hungarian Ball, 1935
23 1/2 x 19 inches, printed later
Signed on verso

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Edouard Boubat
Girl with Long Hair, 1976
16 x 12 inches
Signed recto, E. Boubat
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William Klein
Gun 2, New York, 1954
16 x 12 inches
Signed on verso

 

 

 

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William Klein
Staten Island Ferry
New York, 1955
16 x 12 inches
Signed on verso

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William Eggleston
Bottles on Wall, c.1972
3 1/8 x 5 1/8" Ektacolor print
from Brownie Series
Signed on verso
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William Eggleston
Mailbox, Mildred Phillips, 1971
9 1/2 x 13 5/8" dye transfer print
Signed on verso

 

 

 

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William Eggleston
Dixie, 1970
3 1/2 x 5 " Ektacolor print
from Brownie Series
Signed on verso

 

 

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William Eggleston
Wooded Roof with Lamp, c.1970
3 1/8 x 5 1/8" Ektacolor print
From Brownie Series
Signed on verso
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William Eggleston
Southern Environs of Memphis
17 x 11 1/8" dye transfer print
Signed on recto

 

 

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William Eggleston
Sumner, Mississippi
Cassidy Bayou, c.1972
18 x 22" dye transfer print
Signed and stamped verso

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Nan Golden
French Chris on the
Convertable, NYC, 1979
16 3/8 x 23 7/8" cibachrome print
Edition 7 of 25

Also avalible:
Works by Robert Frank

Venice, 1949 (women's faces)
Vintage print, signed
Reproduced: Black and White and Things, p.10

New York, 1951 (hand)
Vintage print, signed
Reproduced: Black and White and Things, p.24

City Fathers
Hoboken, New Jersey, 1955
12 x 16" gelatin silver print
Signed by artist
Reproduced: The Americans, p.13

 

 

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