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Michael Mardikes Boy with Mirror (Thomas Hart Benton Plate #26) Year: 1956, 2021 Pigment Ink on Archival Paper Photograph Image Size: 19x13.5 in Paper Size: 22x17 in Edition: Unique Monogrammed by hand Label signed and numbered by Estate Representative COA provided by Authorizing Body Additional COA provided by representing Gallery Ref.: 924802-909 Image included in the exhibition An Artist at Home in America: Michael Mardikes’ Photographs of Thomas Hart Benton at the Kansas City Public Library (November 20, 2021-May 15, 2022) One night in late 2020, as Nick Vedros was leaving the home of his Aunt Myrt and Uncle Michael Mardikes, his aunt suddenly asked him, “What are we going to do with all the negatives?” The noted Kansas City photographer was not sure what his 89-year-old aunt was talking about, until she handed him a notebook filled with more than 1000 negatives chronicling Thomas Hart Benton at home and in his studio. They had been filed away for almost seven decades. This startling discovery was the inspiration for the exhibition, “An Artist at Home in America: Michael Mardikes’ Photographs of Thomas Hart Benton” on view at the Kansas City Public Library Central Library. The exhibition is a must-see, not just for fans of Thomas Hart Benton but for devotees of exemplary photojournalism. Of the 1,080 photographs Mardikes took, only four had been published in an article he wrote for “This Month in Kansas City” magazine in 1966. The others were never printed, nor was their existence common knowledge. Although Vedros had been aware of his uncle’s assignment with Benton, he was stunned to discover that so much additional material existed. Vedros, who decided at age 12 to become a photographer himself after seeing his uncle’s work, was determined to organize an exhibition, and was especially interested in doing it as quickly as possible given his uncle’s advanced age and increasing frailty. Collaborating with Dan White, a photographer, master printer and friend since their time together at the University of Missouri journalism school, they selected 34 images to be printed and framed, researching the details with Steve Sitton, the director of the Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio Historic Site. Michael Mardikes had had a brief career as a commercial photographer before going on to work in management at the Ford Motor Company and later at UMKC. He made the acquaintance of Benton through Eugene Pyle, a former student of Benton’s and Mardikes’ photography instructor at the Art Institute. In 1955, Benton asked Mardikes to photograph him; Mardikes visited Benton 35 to 40 times, over a period of a few months in late 1955 and early 1956. Sitton told Vedros that not only was Mardikes’ amount of access incredible, but that the resulting body of work was unmatched. As the project progressed, Benton became focused on a mural commission for the River Club in 1956. Henry Adams, preeminent Benton scholar and former curator at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, provided some context for this particular work: “The commission to paint ‘Traders at Westport Landing’ came at a low point in Benton’s career, 1956, and initiated the late phase of Benton’s mural paintings. It was the first of a series of murals depicting the exploration and settlement of the west, which culminated in the Truman Library mural, which was completed in 1962. All these murals feature trading and friendly contact with the Indians, rather than conflict, and are arresting in their bright color and meticulous rendering of carefully researched detail. The River Club, which commissioned ‘Traders at Westport Landing,’ overlooks the Missouri River and has a panoramic view very similar to the one in Benton’s painting.” This group of black and white photos not only documents the artist’s working process but also reveals other aspects of his daily life: one memorable image reveals Rita Benton massaging her husband’s stiff shoulders after a long day in his studio. Other images show members of the River Club board visiting Benton’s studio to check on the progress of the mural. One charming image captures a candid moment of Rita Benton and Myrt Mardikes as they collaborated in the Benton kitchen making chicken kapama for their husbands. Nan Chisholm Nan Chisholm is an art consultant and appraiser of 19th- and 20th-century paintings. After a long association with Sotheby’s, she founded her own business in 2003. She has appeared as a fine art appraiser...

"Holding Carm" by RU8ICON1 is an oil painting on canvas, from 2021. It is a figurative panting that depicts a girl holding a cat in the kitchen in RU8ICON1's signature time bending ...

A mid-century American Impressionist oil painting depicting two men with an American Flag in the background by Charles Ross Kinghan (American, 1895-1984). Like much of Kinghan's work, this painting is the original that was used for short story illustration. Signed "Kinghan" lower left. Presented in a wood frame. Image, 24"L x 20"H. Frame, 22"H x 26"W. Charles Ross Kinghan was born in Anthony, Kansas on January 18, 1895. A teacher, he moved to Wichita as a teenager and did sign painting for the Western Sign Works. Kinghan later studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Art in 1916, the American Academy of Art in Chicago, the Audubon School of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. He was a pupil of Carl Scheffler, J. Wellington Reynolds, and H.A. Oberteuffer. He taught at the Art Institute of Chicago and at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. He was an illustrator for McCalls, Good Housekeeping, Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, and many other magazines including American Artist magazine. He was author and illustrator of Rendering Techniques for Commercial Art and Advertising (1956) and of Ted Kautzky...

Fine large 20th century oil on canvas self portrait of the artist as a Big Boss in New York. Inscribed twice with title on the reverse. Excellent quality work by an unknown artist. P...

‘ Dinner ' By Ian Sanderson, Silver Gelatin print Photography : 1996 The print is in excellent condition Stamped, signed on the verso Limited edition of 15 + 2 A/P Ian Sanderson (...

This is a unique bronze container. The figure has always been Deborah Ballard’s muse in her sculptures. Ballard works in bronze, cast stone, and plaster; her figures ranging from li...

One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...

Interior - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 3 Signed + numbered by artist with certificate of authenticity , unframed This is an Archival Pigment print on f...

Jen's love of photography began as a child, when her grandfather, a photographer, gave her a camera. However, it wasn't until she graduated from UC Berkeley that photography became a...

Tavern is a black and white etching on paper, realized in 1952 by Marcel Gromaire (1892-1971). Monogrammed on plate on the lower left corner. Good conditions except for some foxing...

Patrick Sansone uses analog cameras and film to create photographs that reference stillness, lure, and intermission. Decaying signage, abandoned indust...

Cuban Socialists - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical albumen including photo reportages of historical events an...

Ed Feingersh photographed Marilyn Monroe for Redbook magazine in March 1955 for a story which would follow Monroe through her daily routine, the photography to be candid and shot without flash in available light. The photographs he made of her during the week March 24–30, 1955 as she prepares for two appearances; opening night of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Morosco Theatre and being fitted with a burlesque corset for her ride on a pink elephant at a charity event at Madison Square Garden. (from Wikipedia) This is a unique silver gelatine print, made in 1988 from the original negative.

'On The Town: Paris', depicts a warm and inviting restaurant dining experience. A scene from a night on the town in France from Jensen's series of paintings that depict and celebrate...

Buky Schwartz House in Motion, 1986 Welded steel 10 1/2 × 6 1/4 × 6 1/2 inches This is a unique work The sculpture is an upside down house with two human figures. It is ingeniously ...

Mussolini in a meeting is a black and white vintage photo realized by Agence Trampus in the1930s. Good condition.

This limited edition print by S. Cora Aldo depicts an impressionistic ocean view. Sand-colored tones extend from the bottom of the composition and fade to a muted blue, with strokes ...

Silver Gelatine Print by Erich Andres, ca 1950. Andres was born 1905 in Germany and passed away 1992. He started his career as a photographer in 1920. He was one of the first photogr...

purple, grey and blue still life composition from American realist painter, Willard Dixon, who says "the charm of Still Life painting for the artist lies in the ability to manipulate...

Uses and Customs - Eating Rite is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of the gove...

Alain Delon in The Assassination of Trotsky is a vintage black and white photograph realized in 1972. Good conditions.

An interior scene depicting a bottle of wine and cheese plate atop a long dining room table in Paris. The breeze is being felt through the window, as t...

Average life in 1950s GDR, Germany 1950s. Keywords: GDR; DDR; German Democratic Republic; East Germany; couple; living room; 1950s; average life; domestic circumstances; household; ...

Reinhard Görner Inter Arma Charitas Lisbon, Portugal 2014 50 x 50 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 60 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 70 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Paper is trimmed to the image: actual image size listed Internal Search: Reinhard Görner, Library series, Halle, Germany, Large-Scale Photography, Large-scale German photography, German Libraries, German Monuments...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Yoko Ono photographed with her artwork at her Dakota apartment in New York City, 1989. Signed by ...

Elvis Presley in the movie "Follow that Dream" starring Anne Helm from the year 1962. Lobby Card

Hand signed from an edition of 125. Ships flat in a reinforced box. A unique contemporary beautiful piece of art. From Paco Pomet, “On the majority of occa...

Anna Magnani and Roberto Rossellini is a beautiful and intense vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1950s. Good conditions except for...

This limited edition print by S. Cora Aldo depicts an impressionistic ocean view. Sand-colored tones extend from the bottom of the composition and fade to a muted blue, with strokes ...

This midcentury landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Las Brisas Residencias, home of Eustaquio Escandon in Acapulco, where Henry Kissinger spe...

Ho Chi Minh during a party is an original black and white photograph realized by an Anonymous photographer in 1960s. With the handwriting on the rear. Stamp of "PHOTO KEYSTONE copyr...

Table top - Signed limited edition archival pigment print - Edition of 5 This image was captured on film in 1985. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then...

Genre: Judaica Subject: Religious Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: United States Dimensions: 24 x 20 Abraham Straski (1903 – 1987) was a Polish born painter who moved to the United States after surviving the Nazi concentrations camps...

William A. Berry (American, 1933-2010) was an accomplished artist and renowned illustrator who left thousands of drawings, paintings, photographs, and mixed media works, a multitude ...

William A. Berry (American, 1933-2010) was an accomplished artist and renowned illustrator who left thousands of drawings, paintings, photographs, and mixed media works, a multitude ...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of actress Maureen Stapleton, 1981. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificat...

Italian Fascism Era - Litwinoff - Mussolini is a  vintage photo, realized in the 1930s . By Agence Trampus.

Alitalia - Historical Photos is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s. This photo belongs to a precious testament album of Italian airline. Good conditions.

Sean Connery – County Wicklow, Ireland, 1973 David Steen recalls: “Sean looked like a killer that day, all dressed in black, the sort of bad boy you’d see in an old western movie, you could just imagine him on the back of a horse being chased by others. I lit this photograph with a torch, I had someone stand on a chair and point it down onto his face, I needed to maintain the mood of the snooker hall, so flash was out of the question.” Limited Edition David Steen Estate Print Limited Edition: All prints are limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold Paper size - 44 x 31 " / 111 x 78 cm Limited to 20 only this size All prints are bespoke and printed to order stamped and numbered by the Estate Copyright: © David Steen / The David Steen Archive David Steen’s introduction to photography was as a 15-year-old school leaver joining Picture Post where he had the good luck to be taken under the wing of the legendary Bert Hardy as an assistant. It was the ultimate training ground in photojournalism, and the launch pad for his career. David’s reunion with Picture Post after doing his National Service (as special photographer based in Eygpt, covering the major trouble zones) was short-lived. The magazine was losing ground and closed. He moved to Fleet Street, first to a bright new Mirror title, Woman’s Sunday Mirror, where incidentally he picked up First Prize in Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Best Pictures of the Year Award for his sequence of ‘Birth of a Baby’, the progress of a young woman delivering her own baby under hypnosis. He was 21, the youngest ever to be awarded this prize. There followed time as a staff photographer with The Daily Mail; Fleet Street was the hub of the world. Then on to freelancing…Queen magazine, Nova, the Sunday Times Magazine, international magazines around the world, over the years covering projects as diverse as riots in Harlem to a film set in Acapulco, a battered wives’ refuge to the Queen and family at Sandringham: the hopeless, the homeless, the glitterati. Trained on the maxim ‘every picture tells a story’ he has focused on film stars, actors, criminals, politicians, prime ministers and countless men, women and children going about their everyday lives. David Steen believes himself to be lucky. He thinks lucky; luck is being in the right place at the right time, having the luck to have a loving family and enduring friends and winning a three-year battle against cancer. Asked by aspiring photographers for his best advice, his stock reply is: ‘Get up early.’ David Steen † 1936 – 2015 Tags: sir thomas sean connery, 007, james bond, scottish, actor, producer, 1973, 70s, 1970s, the seventies, film star, legend, famous, fame, movies, hollywood, sex symbol, the untouchables, marnie, the name of the rose...

Old Days - Early Portrait of Sculptor Aurelio Mistruzzi is a  vintage photo, realized in the late 19th Century. The artwork is a well-balanced composition.

Ancient Roman Fresco, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by an anonymous artist in the 18th century. ...

Josif Elgurt (1924-2007) Born in 1924 in Kischinow in Romania. In 1947 resumed his art studies in Kischinow. Since 1952 he hase lived in Riga and until 1958 he studied at the Latvia...

Portrait of Man while writing is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge and the Love of...

Italy Hotel Island Ischia, Italy 1970s. From the Hotel Lobbies and Bars - Selection, Photo taken by Walter Rudolph, a German Travel Photographer, in the 1970ties. FineArt-Plex, D...

Albrecht Fuchs Straker Giclée on paper Year: 2018 Signed by hand and inscribed Edition: e.a. Size: 14.6 × 19.5 on 23.8 × 18.3 inches COA provided Albrecht Fuchs, born in 1964 in Bie...

Life in Italy in the 1960s is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s, it is from a series of vintage photographs of the cultural and artistic events in Italy in t...

'Capote At Home' 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Author Truman Capote (1924 – 1984) relaxes with a book and a cigarette in his cluttered apartment, Brooklyn Heights, New York...

Alitalia - Historical Photos  - Tel Aviv is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s. This photo belongs to a precious testament album of Italian airline. Good conditions. 

Title: Tea Time Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 39 1/4 x 31 1/2 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Year: 2000 Circa A...

Alitalia - Historical Photos is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s. This photo belongs to a precious testament album of Italian airline. Good conditions.

Spiegelbild (Stage of Consciousness) - 2007 Including Stefanie Schneider's new monograph "A Half Forgotten Dream" signed. 192 pages, hardcover, published by Snap Collective, 2024. ...

Women's Rights - Historical Photos is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1960s in Italy, it belongs to an album of women rights, protests, manifestation for their r...

Alitalia - Historical Photos - New York is a vintage photograph realized in the 1970s. This photo belongs to a precious testament album of Italian airline. Good conditions.

Cuban Socialists is a black-and-white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical albumen including photo reportages of historical events and political issues ...

Title: Still Life 8 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 30 x 23 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painting is ...

This mid-1950s event photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an aerial view of diners at the St. Regis, New York. This is an estate stamped and hand numbe...