Peter Fetterman Gallery Still-life Photography

Black and white photograph. Gelatin silver print of rolled paper. Framed under glass in black frame. Framed dimensions: 23 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches. Image dimensions: 15 x 15 inches.

Hand printed by the artist. Signed in pencil on verso. Unique / Rare Obtain from the artist.

Robert Stivers. Bed, 2001. Unique gelatin silver print.

Large and wonderful B & W photograph by American photographer Andreas Feininger (1906-1999). Photograph is of a gorilla rib cage. Printed in 1951, it measures 8ft. 10 in. x 10ft. Photograph is attached to linen and can be rolled for easy storage and shipping. Feininger was born in Paris, France, the eldest son of Julia Berg, a German Jew, and the American painter and art educator Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956). His paternal grandparents were the German violinist Karl Feininger (1844–1922) and the American singer Elizabeth Feininger, (née Lutz), who was also of German descent. His younger brother was the painter and photographer T. Lux Feininger (1910–2011) In 1908 the Feininger family moved to Berlin, and in 1919 to Weimar, where Lyonel Feininger took up the post of Master of the Printing Workshop at the newly formed Bauhaus art school.[2] Andreas left school at 16, in 1922, to study at the Bauhaus; he graduated as a cabinetmaker in April 1925. Afterwards he studied architecture, initially at the Staatliche Bauschule Weimar (State Architectural College, Weimar) and later at the Staatliche Bauschule Zerbst. (Zerbst is a city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, about 20 km from Dessau, where the Bauhaus moved to in 1926.) The Feininger family moved to Dessau with the Bauhaus. In addition to continuing his architectural studies in Zerbst, Andreas developed an interest in photography and was given guidance by neighbour and Bauhaus teacher László Moholy-Nagy.[3] In 1936, he gave up architecture and moved to Sweden, where he focused on photography. In advance of World War II, in 1939, Feininger immigrated to the U.S. where he established himself as a freelance photographer. In 1943 he joined the staff of Life magazine, an association that lasted until 1962. Feininger became famous for his photographs of New York...

Paul Caponigro. Sunflower Vase, Millerton, NY, 1970, printed 1992. Gelatin silver print

Weston created 2S after his return to America from two extended stays in Mexico between 1923 and 1927. Throughout 1927 he took twenty-six still life images of shells, including Nauti...

The most iconic of the Weston shells, throughout 1927 he took twenty-six still life images of shells, including Nautilus 1927 (Museum of Modern Art, New York). His interest in nautil...

Bird Print - Still Life Black and White Photographic Print Framed Pia Clodi’s works have a beautiful way of breathing life into the everyday. Taking moments from throughout her life...

This print features the playful relationship between natural forms and botanicals. In this image Erin uses the natural composition of the white peony, and her own collage work, to cr...

Director, Glenn Lowry: This image of a pepper is one of Weston’s most iconic photographs. Assistant Curator, Esther Adler: Peppers often curve in on themselves and can kind of twist ...

Edward Weston (American, 1886-1958) Eggs and Slicer, 1930 Gelatin silver print, printed later by Cole Weston; signed, titled, dated and numbered '3E' by Cole Weston in pencil and 'Ed...

"Leaf on Asphalt is signed and dated on the front of the mount. Limited Edition work from the Hawaii Portfolio.