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Harold Chapman (b.1927)
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description
- Harold Chapman
- A group of views of the King's Road, London, 1960s
Twelve vintage silver prints, flush-mounted on boards, each titled and signed in either ink or pencil on the reverse, and each bearing one or more inked stamps, also on the reverse.
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner directly from the photographer.
Catalogue Note
Harold Chapman is best known for his 1950s-60s study of the Beat Hotel, in Paris, where he resided for some years recording the goings-on with his peculiar blend of engagement and paranoia. A very fine observer-photographer throughout a long career, there are many other periods of his work which deserve to be better known.
All of the present images were products of a commisison for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, for whom Chapman was a 'roving reporter'.
Printed in the 1960s, some of them were stamped at a later date when Chapman had settled in Deal, England. They were exhibited in the 1980s by Philippe Martin, a part-time volunteeer fireman and entomologist who ran an art gallery in Clermont l'Herault, France.
All of the present images were products of a commisison for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, for whom Chapman was a 'roving reporter'.
Printed in the 1960s, some of them were stamped at a later date when Chapman had settled in Deal, England. They were exhibited in the 1980s by Philippe Martin, a part-time volunteeer fireman and entomologist who ran an art gallery in Clermont l'Herault, France.