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Auction archive: Lot number 108

Karl Struss captures the soul of the Kodak girl

Estimate
US$600 - US$900
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 108

Karl Struss captures the soul of the Kodak girl

Estimate
US$600 - US$900
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Gelatin silver print. 8.3x5.6 cm (3¼x2¼"); in mat: 35.5x28 cm (14x11"). With Struss' stamp on reverse. George Eastman's portable Kodak camera, his film-supported negatives, and the company's program of developing film for customers opened photography to the masses, notably to the masses of female photographers who, with some outstanding exceptions, had been sidelined in the early history of photography. Also notable is the call to photograph the great outdoors since cameras and negatives no longer required a tent and cumbersome backpack or carriage to set up the portable photo studio. The Kodak girl campaign was one of the most successful in the annals of advertising,

Auction archive: Lot number 108
Auction:
Datum:
4 Mar 2021
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Gelatin silver print. 8.3x5.6 cm (3¼x2¼"); in mat: 35.5x28 cm (14x11"). With Struss' stamp on reverse. George Eastman's portable Kodak camera, his film-supported negatives, and the company's program of developing film for customers opened photography to the masses, notably to the masses of female photographers who, with some outstanding exceptions, had been sidelined in the early history of photography. Also notable is the call to photograph the great outdoors since cameras and negatives no longer required a tent and cumbersome backpack or carriage to set up the portable photo studio. The Kodak girl campaign was one of the most successful in the annals of advertising,

Auction archive: Lot number 108
Auction:
Datum:
4 Mar 2021
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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