Description: This is an impactful large, signed and nicely framed black and white gelatin print photo by Howard Sochurek (1924-1994), taken in a marketplace in Gregit, India in 1963. Signed in lower right hand corner by Sochurek with "artist proof" notation. Edition was 99. About 14 inches wide by 20 inches long. As framed, about 24 inches wide and 28 inches long. Frame is dark wood and very nice. The back has a tag indicating former ownership by The Abrams Family Collection. According to Stair Gallery: "Stewarded intergenerationally for over seven decades, The Abrams Family Collection represents a love of collecting and a passion for living with art fostered by renown art book publishers Harry N. Abrams and his son, Robert. For over seventy years, the Abrams family has brought art into the homes of millions of readers through the publishing of beautifully illustrated and meticulously written books on art and artists." According to the LIFE Photography Gallery about Sochurek: "Howard Sochurek (1924-1994) was never satisfied with his own work. “When I finish a story, I usually feel I am just about qualified to begin it because I have learned so much.” As General Douglas MacArthur’s photo assignment officer at the end of World War II, he got to take only one exposure of Emperor Hirohito. LIFE had several options but ran Sochurek’s shot. After the war he was just one year away from a Princeton degree when, despite the expectations of his family, he went to work as a newspaper photographer instead. LIFE hired him to cover the war in Korea; even though he lacked training, he parachuted out of a C-119 behind enemy lines. When his mother fell ill, Sochurek left his post in Indochina to see her. Robert Capa filled in for him—and was killed by a land mine. “I felt I was responsible,” Sochurek said. “That was my beat he was covering.”" His work is in collections including the Museum of Modern Art.
Price: 999 USD
Location: Scarsdale, New York
End Time: 2025-02-03T20:34:29.000Z
Shipping Cost: 150 USD
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Artist: Howard Sochurek
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Size: Large
Signed: Yes
Framing: Framed
Subject: Marketplace in India, late 1950s/early 1960s
Type: Print
Year of Production: 1963
Style: Realism
Theme: Social History
Features: Limited Edition
Production Technique: Gelatin silver photographic print
Culture: India
Time Period Produced: 1960-1969
