Peter Marks

untitled (Photographic Collage)

c. 2005

Untitled (Visual Candy) Photo collage, c. 2008 Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the Artist Condition: Excellent Image size: 8 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches Support Sheet size: 17 x 14 inches Pet...

untitled (Subway Turnstiles) Collage with 6 photograph elements Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the Artist Condition: Excellent Image Size: 5 7/8 x 8 inches Support Sheet: 14 x 17 inc...

Untitled Photograph Collage Collage with 5 photographic elements, 2007 Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the Artist Condition: Excellent Image Size: 5 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches Support Sheet:...

Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the artist Dimensions: Sheet: 17 x 14"; Image: 5 5/8 x 3 3/4" Peter Marks (1935 -2010) Peter Marks was born in New York City on January 18, 1935. A lifetime New Yorker, Marks graduated from the High School of Music and Art in 1952 and Amherst College in 1956. After a brief stint as a graphic designer in publishing, Marks became a private art dealer and opened his gallery Peter Marks Works of Art, Inc. in 1960. During this time he specialized in the sale of Southeast Asian and Islamic antiquities and made many contributions to the field both as a dealer and an advocate of his profession. Above all, Marks was motivated by a strong desire to find great art and make it available to large audiences. After retiring from art dealing in 2002, Marks transformed his Manhattan gallery space into a studio where he drew prolifically and painted large non-objective canvasses. This time in his studio was a happy one for Marks, who viewed this period of his life not as retirement, but rather fulfillment, a fact that is confirmed by passionate artistic output in the years leading up to his passing in 2010. In 2012, Thomas French...

Eroded Rock, Point Lobos Gelatin silver print, 1929 Unsigned Signed with the estate stamp verso (see photo) A lifetime printing by Brett Weston, supervised by his father Edward Edition: 5 or 6 prints (see ttext below) Weston negative Numbered verso: "1357" photographer's estate stamp, verso LITERATURE: A. Conger, Edward Weston: Photographs from the Collection of the Center for Creative Photography, The Center for Creative Photography, 1992, fig. 576. Label: The Photographs of Edward Weston/Arizona Board of Regents label affixed to paper folder. Edward Weston description of printing in 1953-54 In 1945 Edward Weston began to experience the first symptoms of Parkinson's disease, which slowly progressed until by 1948, he took his last photograph. By the second half of 1952, Weston decided he should select a master set of his best work. Out of his approximately 3000 negatives, he would pick 1000 and have Brett Weston print...

Unsigned Six panel collage, with each panel (image measures 2 1/2" square) Provenance: Estate of the artist Collage image size: 8 3/8 x 8 3/8" Peter Marks (1935 -2010) Peter Marks ...

Contemporary abstract black and white photograph In its infancy, an organism is pure and malleable. Maturation inherently means encountering outside influences: environments, shifts,...

Lambda digital c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 3/3 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently pr...

Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 2/2 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premiere...

Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/1 on verso. This is a unique print. In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2...

From the series "Light Leaks" (2008) Type-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2008. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 2/2 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in L...

Lambda digital-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/2 on verso. Artist Andrew George is based in Los Angeles. He recently premiered his latest series of photographic murals entitled Analogies & Metaphors in New York City. Andrew’s work has been in 20 international exhibitions, most recently in Japan and Korea (where accompanying books of his work were published) and Germany. Andrew’s internationally acclaimed photography and interview project, Right, before I die, traveled abroad 7 times and attracted more than half a million visitors at its various venues. Andrew has won numerous awards for his photography and has appeared in The Huffington Post, Vanity Fair, CBS News...