MELVIN SOKOLSKY Signed Original 1963 Photograph

Description: This is a magnificent original signed gelatin silver print photograph by internationally acclaimed photographer MELVIN SOKOLSKY (b. 1933), dated 1963. Born in New York City, Sokolsky had no formal training in photography, but started to use his father's box camera at about the age of ten. Always analytical, he started to realize the role that emulsion played as he compared his own photographs with those his father had kept in albums throughout the years. Around 1954, Sokolsky met Robert Denning, who at the time worked with photographer Edgar de Evia, at an East Side gym. Though he is best known for his editorial fashion photographs for publications such as Harper's Bazaar (for which he produced, in 1963, the "Bubble" series of photographs depicting fashion models "floating" in giant clear plastic bubbles suspended in midair above the River Seine in Paris), Vogue, and The New York Times, Sokolsky's work is not limited to that field. Three quarters of his print photography has been for advertising, which does not usually carry a byline. As Sokolsky said in an interview: "I resented the attitude that 'This is editorial and this is advertising'. I always felt, why dilute it? Why not always go for the full shot?" Toward the end of the 1960s, Sokolsky worked as both commercial director and cameraman. He did not, however, abandon the world of print photography; in 1972 he was asked to photograph the entire editorial content of McCall's Magazine, a first for any photographer. This superb original photograph is entitled "Julie" (Julie Christie New York 1963), and is signed in pencil by the photographer on the verso, "M. Sokolsky". It is also titled on the verso and inscribed "#7/25 Harpers Bazaar - Silver". It measures 16" x 20" (sheet), 14" x 14" (image), and is unframed. It is in good condition aside from eight small skinned spots on the verso from former hinging. Authenticity is GUARANTEED. Shipping is $50.00 within the US only, please email for international shipping rates. Please view my eBay store for additional museum quality art and collectibles, including other fine photographs. Shipping & Handling ($50.00) USPS Priority Mail®

Price: 4000 USD

Location: Los Angeles, California

End Time: 2025-02-05T19:47:13.000Z

Shipping Cost: 50 USD