Alfred Eisenstaedt (German 1898-1995) for LIFE Magazine:

Church of San Jose, Cloisters, San Antonio, TX, 1945 (Buttresses)

Vintage warm-toned ferrotyped gelatin silver print on double-weight paper

Photographer’s PIX credit stamp on verso

Print size: 12 ½ x 10 5/8 inches

Condition: Some crackling to the ferrotyped surface throughout; some oxidation occurring, all visible only in raking light

AE-TX-02

TimeLife Image on Google Arts & Culture #111321556

Retail: $2500

BIO:

Alfred Eisenstaedt (German 1898-1995)

 

The founding photographers of the agency were Alfred Eisenstaedt and Georg Karger. Eisenstaedt (1898–1995) was the best-known photographer with PIX and until the 1950s credited his work to PIX, Inc. He left PIX about 1957 over a royalty disagreement.

 

Alfred Eisenstaedt (December 6, 1898 – August 23, 1995) was a German-born American photographer and photojournalist. He began his career in pre-World War II Germany and after moving to the U.S. achieved prominence as a staff photographer for Life Magazine, which featured more than 90 of his pictures on its covers with over 2,500 photo stories published.

 

Among his most famous cover photographs was V-J Day in Times Square, taken during the V-J Day celebration in New York City, showing "an exuberant American sailor kissing a nurse in a dancelike dip [that] summed up the euphoria many Americans felt as the war came to a close." Eisenstaedt was "renowned for his ability to capture memorable images of important people in the news, including statesmen, movie stars and artists" and for his candid photographs, taken with a small 35mm Leica camera and typically with only natural lighting.

Select Solo Exhibitions:

2017-2018: Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL: “Defining Moments”

2016: Monroe Gallery, Santa Fe: “Classics and Seldom-seen Photographs”

2010-2011: Sand Diego Museum of Art: “The Smart Set”

2008: Gallery M, Denver, CO: “Alfred Eisenstaedt”

2008: Galerie Stephen Hoffman, Munich: “Alfred Eisenstaedt: Vintage & Original Photographs”

2007: Michael Hoppen Gallery, London: “Alfred Eisenstaedt”

2007: Contessa Gallery, Cleveland, OH: “Father of Photojournalism”

2006-2007: AGO Art Gallery, Ontario: “Alfred Eisenstaedt”

2006: Monroe Gallery, Santa Fe, NM: “The Eye of Eisenstaedt”

2005-2006: Leica Gallery, NY: Moments From LIFE

2004-2005: Galerie Stephen Hoffman, Munich: “Zietzeuge des 20.Jh”

2003: Apex Fine Art, Los Angeles: “Prima Donnas & Virtuosos”

1986: ICP: “Elsie at 88”

Select Monographs:

Eisenstaedt’s Guide to Photography: A Studio Book

Eisenstaedt: Remembrances

The Eye of Eisenstaedt

Germany: Alfred Eisenstaedt

People: Alfred Eisenstaedt

Eisenstaedt: Aberdeen: Portrait of a City

 

PIX Publishing Agency:

We are now representing a large collection of prints from P.I.X. (PIX) Publishing Inc., the photography agency founded in New York City in November 1935 by German photographers Alfred Eisenstaedt & George Karger and photography agents Leon Daniel (chief of Associated Press in Berlin from 1927-1935) & Celia Krutschuk, all of whom fled Nazi Germany and found their new homes in NYC.

 

In 1973, the PIX Publishing agency archive was donated to an east-coast library where housed until 2018. PIX represented such photographers as Cecil Beaton, Ferenc Berko, Edouard Boubat, Josef Breitenbach, Robert Capa, Joe Clark, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Ed Feingersh, Laura Gilpin, John Gutmann, Nina Leen, Don McCullin, Marion Post-Wolcott, Willy Ronis, Fred Stein, Ezra Stoller, Julian Wasser, Garry Winogrand, George Zimbel and many more.

 

PIX also worked with the prestigious agencies Camera Press, Dalmas, Gamma, and Holmes-Lebel, among others. PIX also represented Gökşin Sipahioğlu and Gilles Caron, the founders of world-renowned SIPA Press.

 

The Verso:

Each print also bears the stamp of the institution that owned the archive from 1973 to 2017. Out of respect for the institution, we are only publicly displaying the pertinent credit and title information on the verso. Upon request by serious parties, we are happy to send a full scan of the verso via eBay messages.

 

International Buyers – Please Note:  Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding or buying. -- per eBay International Shipping Rules