296 lots

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LOT 262

Fine Art Music Photography. New York, Oct 08, 2013

JIM MORRISON, ROUNDHOUSE, LONDON, 1968 LINER NOTES As the show began, Morrison came out dressed in his normal costume (WARDROBE) of black leather trousers and jacket and white shirt. He seemed to me somewhat puffy- faced. It was as if he was pouting. Combined with his high cheekbones and long hair, it was the high-fashion look of a photographer's model. He walked slowly (a very studied slowly it seemed to me), to the microphone. He grasped it in both hands and leaned his weight upon it, looking down. When he sang, he put his lips directly to the mike and mouthed the lyric in such a way that it seemed that if he wasn't careful he might inadvertently swallow it. He hardly moved. When he was not singing, he hung his head down, drooping. He seemed to be trying to manifest an incredible tension that to me simply wasn't there. When in the middle of "When the Music's Over" and the song reaches a crescendo, Morrison throws his head back and yells, "WE WANT THE WORLD AND WE WANT IT [pause] NOW!" It is the clear, intended rallying point of the set, the moment audiences cheer wildly But London was not New York or anywhere in America, and here the audience reacted mildly. Who knows how that felt. "It's too bright in here," Morrison said, squinting into the lights. "I want those lights off," and he pointed out at the lights, which were, of course, necessary for the filming. The lights stayed on. The music stopped.- Ethan Russell SIZE 20" x 24" MEDIUM Platinum print. VALUE $3,500 - $4,500 STARTING BID $2,750

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LOT 263

Fine Art Music Photography. New York, Oct 08, 2013

JOHN MONTELEONE, "FOUR SEASONS" GUITARS SERIES LINER NOTES Four guitars created by master luthier John Monteleone, each representing one of the four seasons and photographed by Jonathan Singer. The idea to construct an inseparable quartet of guitars, each one thematically representing one of the four seasons, slowly materialized after years of amassing a collection of tone woods that began to speak to my visualization of the seasons as a complete set of guitars. The building process took over six years to complete. The designs grew largely as improvisations along the way and included inlay designs of semi-precious stones with precious metals and jewels in the ornamentation. The bodies, necks and sound boards are all carved from a variety of figured maples and spruces from the American and European continents. An assortment of natural and dyed woods were used around the edges of the guitars to ornamentally frame their borders. - John Monteleone WINTER Alpine spruce, curly red maple, macassar ebony, Honduras mahogany, African paduak, sterling silver, mother-of-pearl, diamonds; natural finish. SPRING Italian spruce, tiger maple, ebony, curly sugar maple, Honduras mahogany, African paduak, mother-of-pearl abalone, paua shell, turquoise, diamonds; sunburst finish (white to blue), cutaway. SUMMER German alpine spruce, Oregon big leaf maple, macassar ebony, Honduras mahogany, African paduak, red coral reconstituted stone, mother-of-pearl, diamonds, rubies; scroll body, sunburst finish (yellow to red), scroll body with cutaway; AUTUMN Alpine spruce, Oregon big-leaf maple, ebony, koa, Honduras mahogany, African paduak, spiney oyster reconstituted stone, mother-of-pearl; sunburst finish (yellow to orange), cutaway. SPECIFICS Photographed with a H2D-39 Hasselblad digital camera. SIZE 24" x 36" MEDIUM Four archival digital prints on rag paper in clam-shell box. VALUE $5,400 - $6,000 STARTING BID $4,200

USD 5,400 - 6,000

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LOT 264

Fine Art Music Photography. New York, Oct 08, 2013

HERMAN LEONARD, 21ST EDITION PLATINUM, 1940S LINER NOTES In the late 1940's, Herman Leonard's passion for Jazz brought him to the swinging clubs of Broadway, 52nd Street and Harlem. With the camera as his free ticket, he photographed and developed friendships with some of the greats of Jazz history including Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington and many more. A year's apprenticeship with Yousuf Karsh provided invaluable experience photographing the likes of Albert Einstein, Harry S. Truman and Clark Gable. In 1956 Leonard was chosen to be Marlon Brando's personal photographer for an extensive research trip to the Far East. In the late 1950's Leonard headed for Paris where he worked in fashion and advertising and served as the European photographer for Playboy Magazine. The Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC has honored him by housing an entire collection of his personal archives of musical history. President Clinton presented a portfolio of Leonard's prints as an official gift from the United States government to a fellow musician, The King of Thailand. The Jazz photographs of Herman Leonard appear as a companion to the great musicians who created the unique sounds of America's original art form. ACCOLADES The book won a Lucie Award in 2010. BOOK DETAILS Bound in Japanese marbled silk and goatskin leather, is signed by Herman Leonard, Quincy Jones (Introduction), and Steven Albahari (Afterword), and includes more than 60 iconic photographs of Jazz greats such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, and many others. EDITION of 40 numbered and 10 lettered copies. BOOK INCLUDES 12 platinum prints (each signed on the mount), three of which are loose for framing: Dexter Gordon, Duke Ellington, and Lester Young's Hat. INCLUDES 12 Platinum 11" x 14" prints. HANDCRAFTED in the United States. MEDIUM Book & platinum prints. VALUE $10,400 - $11,000 STARTING BID $8,000

USD 10,400 - 11,000

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