May 19, 2011 - Sale 2248

Sale 2248 - Lot 329

Price Realized: $ 9,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
MARSHALL, JIM (1936-2010)
Portfolio titled "Jazz" complete with 10 photographs of notable musicians. Selenium-toned silver prints, approximately 12x8 inches (30.5x20.3 cm.), and the reverse, each with Marshall's signature, the sitter's name and the dates, in ink, on recto as well as in pencil, on the overmat and his hand stamp with the date, in ink, on verso as well as on the back of the mat. Lacks original clamshell box; with the original colophon; contents loose as issued. one of an edition of 100. 1960-1976; printed 1994
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Miles Davis, 1971 John Coltrane, 1960 Duke Ellington, 1966 Dizzie Gillespie & Carmen McCrae, 1976 Thelonius Monk, 1963 Charles Mingus, 1976 Coleman Hawkins, 1963 Ben Webster, 1963 Bill Evans, 1963 Eric Dolphy, 1963 (substituted for The Teagardens).
From the photographer; to a private collector in 1994.
An edition of 100 copies was planned, this particular copy is unique since it includes the picture of Eric Dolphy. Apparently, fewer than 10 portfolios of the original edition were actually produced.

Jim Marshall was a cult figure who is best-known for his iconic pictures of jazz and rock musicians from the 1960s-1970s, which appeared on hundreds of album covers. The portfolio offered here represents a lesser-known body of work but one reflecting Marshall's acute photographic talent. The prints are beautifully-produced and the selection of artists first-rate.