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Lot 399
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1930s Edward Quigley Gelatin Silver Print San Francisco
1930s Edward Quigley Gelatin Silver Print San Francisco
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Edward W. Quigley (American, 1898-1977). Gelatin silver print, ca. 1930s. A mesmerizing San Francisco street scene featuring a cable car that is about to turn the corner by innovative art photographer Edward W. Quigley. Quigley was admired for his bold experimentation with the medium, particularly for the amazing effects of his light abstractions which he created with the aid of prisms and lenses. Quigley exhibited both nationally and internationally, belonged to elite photography societies, and was honored with numerous prestigious awards. In addition to creating his own modern photography, Quigley curated exhibitions of works by legendary photographers Edward Weston and Moholy-Nagy. Size: 3.625" L x 4.375" W (9.2 cm x 11.1 cm) Size of matte: 14" L x 13.5" W (35.6 cm x 34.3 cm)

This photograph was in the collection of pioneering patron of the arts, Ginny Williams. Sotheby's hosted a series of auctions featuring art and photography in the Ginny Williams Collection in June and July of 2020. Their press release began as follows, "Born in rural Virginia in 1927, Ginny moved to Denver, Colorado in the late 1950s with her husband, Carl Williams. An avid photographer herself, who studied with Austrian-American photojournalist and photographer Ernst Haas, her collecting journey began with classical figurative photography. Her passion and keen eye eventually prompted her to open her namesake gallery in Denver in the 1980s. While her passion for photography never waned, remaining a primary focus of both her gallery and private collection, her voracious curiosity quickly widened her curatorial focus. Over time, Ginny became increasingly courageous and experimental in her selections, venturing into Abstract Expressionism and Contemporary Art and following her artists themselves through gallery shows and museum exhibitions. As the years passed, Ginny became as much of a trailblazer as the artists she collected."

Provenance: private Idledale, Colorado, USA collection; ex-Ginny Williams collection of Denver, Colorado

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