Paul Outerbridge, Jr.

Colour carbro print, mounted to card. With a gallery label bearing information about the work in facsimile affixed to the back of the frame.

Robert Miller Gallery, New York

This print is in overall good to very good condition. With retouching marks throughout the print, some in raking light only. The edges have not faded, and there is a very small tear along the right edge, only visible when viewed outside of the mount. The print is hinged to the mount along the top edge.
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A pioneer of colour photography, Paul Outerbridge made a significant contribution to the history of the medium. Beginning his career as an illustrator and set designer, he turned to photography in the 1920s. On his return to New York from Paris, where he had mixed with the likes of Berenice Abbott, Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp, he developed the highly complex tri-colour Carbro process. This laborious technical process and his high standards make his rich colour prints extremely rare. His nude studies were considered too erotic to be exhibited during his lifetime and their controversial nature eventually led to his withdrawal from commercial photography.