Items Similar to Vintage Street Photography Bruce Cratsley Photo Silver Gelatin Print Photograph
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 10
Bruce CratsleyVintage Street Photography Bruce Cratsley Photo Silver Gelatin Print Photograph1987-1988
1987-1988
About the Item
Bruce Cratsley, American (1944-1998)
Vintage gelatin silver print
Connections
A surrealist image of a mannequin in a store window with nude Roman figurines, a light study.
Hand signed, titled and dated 1987 verso
image (each): 15 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches, matted to 24 X 20 inches
Provenance: From the collection of AGFA Graphics Corporation
David Bruce Cratsley (1944 - 1998) was an American photographer specialized in still lifes, portraits of friends, and life in New York City. He had a reputation of master of light and shadow.
Bruce Cratsley attended Swarthmore College, graduating in 1966, and then, in the early 1970s, The New School for Social Research, studying under Lisette Model.
Cratsley worked for many years as a gallerist at Marlborough Gallery before quitting in 1986 to become a full-time photographer. As "Bruce Cratsley", he exhibited in various New York galleries, like: Laurence Miller Gallery, Howard Greenberg Gallery and Witkin Gallery. Cratsley was represented by Yancey Richardson Gallery, a dealer of fine art photography based in SoHo. He was photographed by Elsa Dorfman who shot many luminaries including, Allen Ginsberg, Denise Levertov, Anaïs Nin and more. In 1978 Cratsley contributed the photo sequences for the musical The Class, performed by The New Ballet School at the New York City Center.
In 1980, Cratsley showed his work, Atlantic City, 1977, an August beach scene, at the 11th Anniversary show at the Witkin Gallery. In 1989 Cratsley was awarded with the Guggenheim Fellowship for Photography, US & Canada.
Cratsley documented gay life in NYC including his life with David Waine, who died in 1991. "I'd been photographing David since long before he became sick [...] at some point I realized that this was an extraordinary thing that was happening, and that I had an intimate relationship to it. I photographed David just a few hours before he died, not knowing what was about to happen [...] David was very spiritual [...] My pictures are a poetic, spiritualized look at AIDS".
In 1995 Cratsley was included together with Barbara Norfleet, Olivia Parker and John Sturges in the list of bestselling photographer at Robert Klein Gallery, Boston. Cratsley's B&W photos sold quickly. Klein said of Cratsley: "Bruce transforms commonplace things through a keen sense of light and composition, and very skilled printing".
Cratsley documented the Lesbian and Gay life, and in particular the New York City LGBT Pride March. Another event he documented was Wigstock, an annual outdoor drag festival that began in the 1980s in Manhattan's East Village that took place on Labor Day. Pictures from both events are now at the New York Public Library, in their permanent collection. In 1999, Cratsley was included in the volume Desire: contemporary photography from the visual AIDS archive project. In 2011 a photograph by Cratsley, Louvre Window, Paris, 1980, signed and dated, sold at auction.
Exhibitions
April 1987, Witkin Gallery, with Fay Godwin, Photographs that imply hidden sensations and mysteries.
April 1992, Goldberg Gallery, B&W portraits, street scenes, figure studies and still lifes.
July 1993, Howard Greenberg Gallery, with Sabine Weiss, B&W photographs of still life, landscapes and shop windows with mannequins.
1994, Motel Gallery, B&W photographs of the New York City Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade taken between 1983 and 1993.
February 1996, Yancey Richardson Gallery, works from 1976 to 1995, including portraits of friends, images of tabletop arrangements, mannequins in street windows, museum interiors, and drag queens at the June Gay Pride Parade.
July 1996, By the Sea, Yancey Richardson Gallery, with Milton Avery, Duncan Hannah, Tobi Kahn, Malcolm Morley, Fairfield Porter, David True, Helen Miranda Wilson and others.
December 1996, Bruce Cratsley: Master of Light and Shadow, Brooklyn Museum; Cratsley referred to the photos as "snapshots, really, though carefully made". They were 22 images that reflected Cratsley's personal experiences with spirituality, life and death. White Light, Silent Shadows, a monograph of Cratsley, was published in 1998 by Arena Editions, few months before Cratsley's death.
December 1997, Photographs of Paris, Yancey Richardson Gallery, with André Kertész and Todd Webb.
May 1999, Bruce Cratsley, photographs, Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles.
September 1999, Female, curated by Village Voice photography critic Vince Aletti, Wessel + O'Connor Gallery, with nearly 100 photographers, including gay artists like George Platt Lynes, Cecil Beaton, John Dugdale, Lyle Ashton Harris, Horst P. Horst, Peter Hujar, Bill Jacobson, Hiromitsu Morimoto and Andy Warhol.
September 2016, Bruce Cratsley: Shifting Identities, List Gallery, Swarthmore College, B&W photographs 1977 to 1998.
November–December 2017, Bruce Cratsley : Intimate Light, Gallery Kayafas, Boston MA. 15 Vintage Gelatin Silver Prints, many never published.
Works by Cratsley are also at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Harvard Art Museums.
- Creator:Bruce Cratsley (1944 - 1996, American)
- Creation Year:1987-1988
- Dimensions:Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 20 in (50.8 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:photos are clean and fresh. mounted to museum board. some of the boards have minor wear. please see photos.
- Gallery Location:Surfside, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU38211413542
About the Seller
4.9
Platinum Seller
These expertly vetted sellers are 1stDibs' most experienced sellers and are rated highest by our customers.
Established in 1995
1stDibs seller since 2014
1,550 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 1 hour
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Surfside, FL
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 3 days of delivery.
More From This SellerView All
- Large Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Greenwich Village New YorkBy Fred McDarrahLocated in Surfside, FLA rare black and white photograph of the famous 10th street coffee house gallery in NYC which served as the center of the art, poetry and music scene during the 1960's and 70's, attracting the likes of Andy Warhol, John Chamberlin...Category
1960s American Modern Black and White Photography
MaterialsBlack and White, Silver Gelatin
- Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Friedl Dzubas New York ArtistBy Fred McDarrahLocated in Surfside, FLThis is a photo of Friedl Dzubas (Abstract Expressionist) at Castelli Gallery, signed in ink and with photographer stamp verso and hand written title.. Over a 50-year span, McDarra...Category
1950s American Modern Black and White Photography
MaterialsBlack and White, Silver Gelatin
- Large Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Terminal Patient Bird CoverBy Fred McDarrahLocated in Surfside, FLMan in Wheel Chair , Titled Terminal patient, Bird Cover Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, the city’s postmodern art movement, its off-off-B...Category
20th Century American Modern Black and White Photography
MaterialsBlack and White, Silver Gelatin
- Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Jack Kerouac Street Sign PhotoBy Fred McDarrahLocated in Surfside, FLsigned in ink and with photographer stamp verso and hand written title.. Jack Kerouac, He called himself Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac); 1922 – 1969 was an American novelist and poet ...Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Black and White Photography
MaterialsBlack and White, Silver Gelatin
- Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Poet Allen Ginsberg Howl PhotoBy Fred McDarrahLocated in Surfside, FLAllen Ginsberg reading Howl and other poems at Living Theater in 1959. signed in ink and with photographer stamp verso and hand written title. Irwin Allen Ginsberg 1926 – 1997 was an...Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Black and White Photography
MaterialsBlack and White, Silver Gelatin
- Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photo President Richard Nixon InnauguralBy Fred McDarrahLocated in Surfside, FLPhotograph signed in ink and with photographer stamp verso and hand written title. Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United Stat...Category
1990s American Modern Black and White Photography
MaterialsBlack and White, Silver Gelatin
You May Also Like
- Patsy Pulitzer, Private TransportBy Slim AaronsLocated in New York, NYSlim Aarons Patsy Pulitzer, Private Transport 1955 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Patsy Pulitzer rummag...Category
1950s American Modern Black and White Photography
MaterialsSilver Gelatin
- Patsy Pulitzer, Private TransportBy Slim AaronsLocated in New York, NYSlim Aarons Patsy Pulitzer, Private Transport 1955 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Patsy Pulitzer rummag...Category
1950s American Modern Black and White Photography
MaterialsSilver Gelatin
- Patsy Pulitzer, Private TransportBy Slim AaronsLocated in New York, NYSlim Aarons Patsy Pulitzer, Private Transport 1955 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Patsy Pulitzer rummag...Category
1950s American Modern Black and White Photography
MaterialsSilver Gelatin
- Slim Aarons, Beverly Hills Party (Estate Edition)By Slim AaronsLocated in New York, NYSlim Aarons Safari Party at Romanoff's, 1950 Chromogenic Lambda print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Guests at a ...Category
1950s American Modern Black and White Photography
MaterialsSilver Gelatin
- Patsy Pulitzer, Private TransportBy Slim AaronsLocated in New York, NYSlim Aarons Patsy Pulitzer, Private Transport 1955 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Patsy Pulitzer rummag...Category
1950s American Modern Black and White Photography
MaterialsSilver Gelatin
- Patsy Pulitzer, Private TransportBy Slim AaronsLocated in New York, NYSlim Aarons Patsy Pulitzer, Private Transport 1955 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Patsy Pulitzer rummag...Category
1950s American Modern Black and White Photography
MaterialsSilver Gelatin
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Retro French Photos
Vintage Art Shop
Photo Auctions
New York 1980s Street Art
Photograph French Interiors
Shop Sign Street
Photography Boston
Los Angeles Vintage Photo
Los Angeles Vintage Photos
Vintage Los Angeles Photos
Vintage Los Angeles Photo
Photos Of Libraries
Brooklyn Photo
Vintage Figure Photography
Boston Photographs
Vintage Interior Photography
Vintage Photography Light
Long Vintage Photography