MARK COHEN (b. 1943)

'True Color',2008

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MARK COHEN (b. 1943)
'True Color',2008
Santa Monica and London: Rose Gallery and Michael and Jane Wilson Centre of Photography, 2008. 30 dye-transfer prints; each signed, titled, dated, numbered '3/8' in pencil (verso); image each 10¼ x 15¼in. (26 x 38.7cm.) or the reverse; sheet each 14 x 17in. (35.5 x 43.2cm.); text insert; folio clamshell case; number 3 of the edition of 8 and one printer's proof
14 x 7in. (35.6 x 17.8cm.)
This portfolio is number 3 from the edition of 8 + 2 APs and 1 PP.

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Lot Essay

Mark Cohen occupies a conspicuous place among the innovators of American street photography. Cohen's photographs are intrusive, fragmented, keyhole perspectives depicting the street-life of his hometown, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Taken in the 1970s and 1980s, the images in True Color reveal chaotic visual narratives that signify the artist's invasive style and adeptly illustrate the coal-mining region. The rich, distinct palette of the 1970s and 1980s, as well as the subject matter make this a remarkable testament to one of the era's most intense photographers.

Gift of an anonymous donor.

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