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June 22, 2024: Premier Americana - Day Four

Sat, Jun 22, 2024 09:00AM EDT
Lot 2191

DORIS ULMANN (AMERICAN, 1882-1934) "APPALACHIAN MAN BY CISTERN" PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT

Estimate: $300 - $500
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DORIS ULMANN (AMERICAN, 1882-1934) "APPALACHIAN MAN BY CISTERN" PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT, platinum print featuring an older man wearing a hat and spectacles, sitting beside a metal water tank, pencil signature "Doris Ulmann" lower right, printed by the artist, original board with verso having penciled title. Together with John Jacobs Niles, The Appalachian Photographs of Doris Ulmann, Penland, NC: The Jargon Society, 1971 (hardcover). Two pieces total. Circa 1925. 7 7/8" x 6" photograph, 14" x 11" OA.
Catalogue Note: Photographer Doris Ulmann (1882-1934) worked from 1917 until days before her death, producing images of people from all walks of life, but her favorite subjects were what she called "Vanishing Types", which included Shakers, Gullahs, Indians, rural African Americans and Appalachians. One exhibit noted, "Ulmann's works are photographically significant because of the difficulty of the techniques she used...and the critical acclaim she earned - even Eleanor Roosevelt was one of her admirers. They are historically significant in the people they depict. Their innate beauty is undisputed. But we find them significant in the powerful messages communicated by her very personal images of these Vanishing Types."
The current collection was all purchased from the Estate of John Jacob Niles in early 1994. Niles was the noted folklorist and balladeer who accompanied Ulmann on her southern trips from 1932 to 1934. A number of these images are platinum photo portraits personally developed and printed by Ulmann prior to her death in August 1934. Many of the images were part of a 2001 exhibition at the Hopewell Museum in Paris, KY. 

Condition

Excellent condition; book in fine condition, having some minor wear to cover corners.

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From the collection of Lyn and Gordon Layton, Paris, KY; purchased from the estate of John Jacob Niles in 1994.