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Auction archive: Lot number 166

Stone (F.G. (Peter), 1900-1985). A neatly-presented photographic archive

Estimate
£200 - £400
ca. US$246 - US$493
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 166

Stone (F.G. (Peter), 1900-1985). A neatly-presented photographic archive

Estimate
£200 - £400
ca. US$246 - US$493
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Stone (F.G. (Peter), 1900-1985). Art critic, travel writer and photographer. A neatly-presented photographic archive compiled chronologically in 22 albums, 1962-73, subjects include artists and their artworks, people and places across Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East, over 300 gelatin silver prints and colour photographs of various sizes, corner-mounted or pasted on to album leaves, various sizes, modern plastic photo albums with volume numbers sellotaped to spines, 4to (25 x 25 cm) F.G. Stone was born in Bristol, moving to London in his twenties where he became a journalist and art critic. By 1939 he was chief sub-editor of The Jewish Chronicle. After the Second World War he continued to work at The Jewish Chronicle, becoming their art critic. He took up photography fairly late in life, the medium becoming an essential tool in his role as an art critic. He was also a travel writer and photographer for Country Life magazine. At this time he adopted the name Peter Stone and ran his business from his home in St John's Wood, London.

Auction archive: Lot number 166
Auction:
Datum:
19 May 2022
Auction house:
Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Mallard House
Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Nr Cirencester
Gloucestershire, GL75UQ
United Kingdom
info@dominicwinter.co.uk
+44 (0)1285 860006
+44 (0)1285 862461
Beschreibung:

Stone (F.G. (Peter), 1900-1985). Art critic, travel writer and photographer. A neatly-presented photographic archive compiled chronologically in 22 albums, 1962-73, subjects include artists and their artworks, people and places across Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East, over 300 gelatin silver prints and colour photographs of various sizes, corner-mounted or pasted on to album leaves, various sizes, modern plastic photo albums with volume numbers sellotaped to spines, 4to (25 x 25 cm) F.G. Stone was born in Bristol, moving to London in his twenties where he became a journalist and art critic. By 1939 he was chief sub-editor of The Jewish Chronicle. After the Second World War he continued to work at The Jewish Chronicle, becoming their art critic. He took up photography fairly late in life, the medium becoming an essential tool in his role as an art critic. He was also a travel writer and photographer for Country Life magazine. At this time he adopted the name Peter Stone and ran his business from his home in St John's Wood, London.

Auction archive: Lot number 166
Auction:
Datum:
19 May 2022
Auction house:
Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Mallard House
Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Nr Cirencester
Gloucestershire, GL75UQ
United Kingdom
info@dominicwinter.co.uk
+44 (0)1285 860006
+44 (0)1285 862461
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