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Mitchell Funk
Figures on the Steps of Bryant Park with Caravaggio Light

1971

$6,500
£4,962.72
€5,734.38
CA$9,124.77
A$10,170.51
CHF 5,336.12
MX$124,198.46
NOK 67,566.83
SEK 63,860.93
DKK 42,798.17

About the Item

The ephemeral nature of fleeting light is captured in Kodachrome in this early color photograph taken in 1971. The work is signed, dated, and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, printed later, unframed. This work is printed on fine art Hahnemuhle paper. The color will vary from monitor to monitor. Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography" In 1970 he participated in one the first " Color Photography" shows at a major museum. Brooklyn Museum, show "Images en Couleur" . 1971 Included he was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time-Life. Color ! American Photography Transformed. Amon Carter Museum. He has had more than 50 Photography Magazine Covers and has had covers on Newsweek, Fortune, New York Magazine and Life Magazine among others.

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