David Vestal

Cape Cod Photographs

Portfolio of 6 Black and White Prints

 

Quadrant Prints. Undated but believed to be 1960. First edition. Softcover. Six loose black and white prints in a heavy paper portfolio. Very good prints in a good outer portfolio envelope.

David Vestal studied painting at the Art Institute of Chicago but took up photography during the late 1940s after moving to New York where the majority of his street photography and cityscapes were made.

From the mid-fifties Vestal exhibited his photography and was included in eight exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where his work is included in its collections and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago. He was the recipient of John Simon Guggenheim Fellowships in 1966 and 1973.

A lifelong educator, he taught at Parsons School of Design, the School of Visual Arts, and at Pratt Institute, and also gave numerous lectures and workshops around the country. A frequent writer on the medium, his column, "Vestal at Large," was a regular feature in Photo Techniques magazine, and his books include The Art of Black and White Enlarging and The Craft of Photography.

Grey cardstock portfolio, lettering print in black on the front. Complete, with 6 loose b/w prints, each approximately 20 inches by 16 inches with wide margins. Portfolio a little soiled, wrinkled, and scuffed. Tiny chip to the bottom edge front cover. One print with a minuscule tear at the bottom corner, not infringing into the image itself. A second print has a very small semi-circular stain to the bottom edge. The remaining prints are clean and bright. All have some light tanning to the edges. Suitable for framing. Very Scarce.