Fine Art Music Photography.

New York, Oct 08, 2013

LOT 264

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