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Paul Caponigro Art

American, 1932-2024
Born in Boston in 1932, Paul Caponigro is one of America’s foremost landscape photographers. While he became interested in photography at age of thirteen, he also had a strong passion for music; he studied at Boston University College of Music in 1950 before deciding to focus on photography at the California School of Fine Art, where Ansel Adams had established one of the first photography programs in the United States. Despite the shift from music to photography early in his artistic career, Caponigro remains a dedicated piano player who believes that his musical training and insight influences his photographic imagery. Caponigro is best known for his interest in natural forms, landscapes, and still lives. His subjects include Stonehenge and other Celtic megaliths of England and Ireland; the temples, shrines and sacred gardens of Japan; and the deep mystical woodland of New England. His had his first solo exhibition at the George Eastman House in 1958 and his work has been shown in numerous exhibitions throughout the United States and abroad. Throughout the 1960s he was a part-time teacher at Boston University while consulting on various technical research projects with the Polaroid Corporation. He has received two Guggenheim Fellowships and three National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grants. In recognition of a career spanning nearly seventy years and a sustained, significant contribution to the art of photography, Caponigro was awarded The Royal Photographic Society’s Centenary Medal and Honorary Fellowship in 2001. Renske van Leeuwen
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Artist: Paul Caponigro
Frosted Window
By Paul Caponigro
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This vintage silver gelatin print is signed in pencil on the front of the mount. This rare exhibition print in glossy paper (later prints of this image from Portfolio II were made on...
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1950s Abstract Paul Caponigro Art

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Silver Gelatin

Shadows and Marbles, Cushing, ME Vintage Print
By Paul Caponigro
Located in Carmel, CA
Gelatin Silver Print, signed, titled, and dated on verso in pencil. Great Condition. Matted to 16x20"
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2010s Abstract Paul Caponigro Art

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Silver Gelatin

Stone Church Window, Glenaloough, Wicklow, Ireland
By Paul Caponigro
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Stone Church Window, Glenaloough, Wicklow, Ireland Silver gelatin Print, c. 1967, printed c. 1989 Signed in pencil lower right on mount (see photo) From: Stone Churches of Ireland, p...
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1980s American Modern Paul Caponigro Art

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Silver Gelatin

Sunflower, Winthrop, MA
By Paul Caponigro
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This vintage silver gelatin print is signed in pencil on the front of the mount.
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1960s Modern Paul Caponigro Art

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Silver Gelatin

Desert Plant, Badlands, South Dakota
By Paul Caponigro
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This silver gelatin print is signed in pencil on the front of the mount. Likely printed in the 1980s.
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1950s Abstract Paul Caponigro Art

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Silver Gelatin

Revere Beach, MA
By Paul Caponigro
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This large silver gelatin photograph with untrimmed margins is signed and titled in pencil in the margin under the image. Likely printed in the 1990s.
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1950s Abstract Paul Caponigro Art

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Silver Gelatin

Nahant Beach, Massachusetts
By Paul Caponigro
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This print is signed in pencil on the front of the mount. This print was produced in 1973 for inclusion in Portfolio II (Edition of 100).
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1950s Modern Paul Caponigro Art

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Silver Gelatin

Alberta, Canada, 1978
By Paul Caponigro
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Alberta, Canada, 1978 Signed in pencil on mount recto Gelatin Silver Print Image: 9 x 12.5 in. Paper: 11 x 14 in
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1970s Paul Caponigro Art

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Silver Gelatin

Bare Tree & Adobe Wall, Taos, New Mexico, 1975/Printed 1976
By Paul Caponigro
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Bare Tree & Adobe Wall, Taos, New Mexico, 1975/Printed 1976 Signed, titled & dated in pencil on recto; mounted to a 22 x 18" archival matte Vintage Gelatin Silver Print 11.5 x 8.25 i...
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1970s Paul Caponigro Art

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Silver Gelatin

Snow & Trees, Cuba, New Mexico
By Paul Caponigro
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed in pencil on mount recto Gelatin Silver Print Paper 16"x20", Matted 22"x28"
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20th Century Paul Caponigro Art

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Silver Gelatin

Silver Nautilus, M.A
By Paul Caponigro
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed in pencil on mount recto Gelatin silver print Paper 10-1/4"x13-1/4",Matted 18"x22"
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1960s Paul Caponigro Art

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Silver Gelatin

Kentucky Trees
By Paul Caponigro
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed, titled and dated in pencil on mount recto Gelatin silver print Paper 9-3/4"x14-3/4", Mount 14-3/4"x20-1/4", Matted 18"x23"
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1960s Paul Caponigro Art

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Silver Gelatin

Blue Ridge Road, Virginia
By Paul Caponigro
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed in pencil on mount recto Gelatin Silver print Image 15 3/8"x18 5/8", Paper 16x20", Matted 24x28"
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1960s Paul Caponigro Art

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Silver Gelatin

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Previously Available Items
Running White Deer
By Paul Caponigro
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Hand printed by artist, Framed shortly after purchased. Framed in high grade TruVue Plexiglass and Black Wood Frame. Paul Caponigro's most famous image. Large and detailed! Get it no...
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Glencar Falls, Ireland
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Running White Deer
By Paul Caponigro
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed on the front by the artist on the front of the mount. Original silver gelatin print.
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Running White Deer, County Wicklow, Ireland
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mounted on matte board, signed, dated and titled on mount in pencil
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Two pears, Cushing, Maine
By Paul Caponigro
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