10 RARE PHOTOGRAPHS BY AMERICAN MASTER RALPH GIBSON SIGNED - DATED - MATTED - IN EXCELLENT CONDITION Start Price USD 2,500.00 Current Price USD 2,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, July 03, 2008 End Time Thursday, July 10, 2008 Location New York, New York See more about '10 RARE PHOTOGRAPHS BY AMERICAN MASTER RALPH GIBSON' Description You are bidding on 10 (TEN)  fantastic original Signed, Dated, Titled & matted Photographs, by American Master Photographer  RALPH GIBSON (b. 1939). These photos are in excelent condition and are part of a complete portfolio called "France Near and Far". They are all dated and signed and come with an introduction page and a portfolio case (I could not include the case's photo because ebay limits me to 12 photos).   There are hundreds of links, notes and articles on the web about this amazing photographer. Feel free to do your own search and learn more about his amazing life and art (artnet, artprice, etc) and most importantly how much his work sells for worldwide. This set of Photographs have a very reasonable price in comparison recent Auction Houses Sales for his work (the most recent set of 10 sold for $5,200).   I have enclosed below an excellet biography about his life and art history.   I bought it at a very well known Auction House in New York and this image has been in my collection for a while.   Here are the details about these images:   Ralph Gibson Amnerican, b. 1939   Ten Photographs Portfolio "France Near and Far" New York, Double Elephant Editions, Ltd. 1990-1992 Chromogenic Prints; each signed and dated in ink (in the margin) Numbered 27/50 in pencil (on the list of plates) Black clamshell portfolio case with reproduction of 'Architecture and Awning, Nice 1992 ans silver-stencilled credit and title. Here is the detailed description of each photograph:   1. Santa Claus, St. Natin, 1992 2. Yellow Flower, St. Barts, 1991 3. Philodendron on Porch, Les Saintes, 1992 4. Prow of Boat, La Guadeloupe, 1992 5. Boy with Baguettes, Les Saintes, 1992 6. Wine Bottle, Riberac, 1990 7. Red Poppy Field, Bourgogne, 1992 8. Blue Wine, Bourgogne, 1992 9. Burgundy Canal, Bourgogne, 1992 10. Architecture and Awning, Nice, 1992   EACH PHOTOGRAPH: Image Size:                 17" High x 11 1/4” Wide – 43.2cm High x 28.6cm Wide Sheet:                          24" High x 20" Wide - 61cm High x 50.8cm Wide   OFFERED UNFRAMED   CONDITION REPORT: The overall condition of images, mattes and case is excellent.   (See pictures and feel free to ask me for any additional images).   PLEASE READ THIS: I am an extremely honest person and have excellent reputation and feedback on ebay (feel free to check it). I will make everything possible to make any ebay transaction a smooth and positive experience. I will also try to describe the item as accurate as possible. Feel free to ask me any questions and for additional photos.   I’ll be offering other important images, paintings, photographs and antiques on ebay.   I only offer unique high quality items bought from very diverse sources, collections and estates.   Bid with confidence.   Good Luck     Ralph Gibson (American, b. 1939) Gibson took up photography while serving in the U.S. Navy (1956-60), studied at the San Francisco Art Institute (1960-62), and later worked as an assistant to Dorothea Lange and Robert Frank. With Frank, Gibson worked on the film Me and My Brother (1967-69) and as cameraman on Conversations in Vermont (1969). That same year he moved to New York City, where he established his personal studio. Gibson has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts (1973, 1975) and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1985), a Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (daad) Exchange, Berlin (1977), a New York Creative Artists Public Service Grant (1977), and a Grande Medaille de la Ville d'Arles (1994). He was made an Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government (1986) and awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Maryland (1991). Gibson currently divides his time between New York and France. Selected works: The Somnambulist Lustrum Press, 1970; part 1 of a trilogy Déjà-Vu Lustrum Press, 1973, part 2 of a trilogy Days at Sea Lustrum Press, 1975, part 3 of a trilogy Syntax (1983) Tropism (1987) L'Anonyme (1987) L'Histoire de France (1991), introduction by Marguerite Duras. Ralph Gibson Biography 1939   Born in Los Angeles, California 1956 - 1960   Studied photography in the U.S. Navy 1960 - 1962   San Francisco Art Institute 1961 - 1962   Assistant to Dorthea Lange 1967 - 1968   Assistant to Robert Frank 1986   Decorated, Officier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de France 1988   Leica Medal of Excellence Award 1989   "150 Years of Photography" Award, Photographic Society of Japan 1991   Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, University of Maryland 1994   Grand Medal of the City of Arles, France 1997   Doctor of Fine Arts, Ohio Wesleyan University 2002   Appointed, Commandeur de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de France   Lives and works in New York, NY Selected Exhibitions 2006   Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy 2006   Parcours, Galerie Lucie Weill & Seligmann, Charles Zalber 2005   Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy 2005   Sun Art Center, Seoul, Korea 2005   University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY 2004   The Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, Florida 2004   The Hermes Store Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA 2004   The Hermes Store Gallery, New York City, NY 2004   The Ross Museum, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH 2003   Moscow House of Photography, Russia 2003   The Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, Canada 2002   Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia 2002   The Benham Gallery, Seattle, Washington 2002   Galerie Aittuares, Paris, France 2002   Galerie Lucie Weil Seligman, Paris, France 2001   Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson 2001   Bjorn Wetterling, Stockholm, Sweden 2000   Kerava Art Museum, Kereva, Finland 2000   Galerie Lucie Weil Seligman, Paris, France 2000   Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, England 2000   Galerie Bodo Neimann, Berlin, Germany 2000   Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy 2000   Casino Bellevue, Biarritz, France 1999   Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France 1998   Museum für Kunst Modern, Frankfurt, Germany 1998   Tower Gallery, Yokohama, Japan 1998   Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville. S.C. 1998   Galerie Bodo Neiman,Documenta, Basel, Switzerland 1998   Narodni Muzei Zadar, Croatia 1998   Gail Gibson Gallery, Seattle, Washington 1998   Sandra Berler Gallery, Chevy Chase, Maryland Place a Bid!