Oct 15, 2015 - Sale 2393

Sale 2393 - Lot 347

Price Realized: $ 2,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
SMITH, HENRY HOLMES (1909-1986)
"Mother and Son." Dye-transfer print, 9 1/8x6 1/4 inches (23.2x15.9 cm.), with Smith's signature, title, dates, and inscription to Welpott, in ink, on recto. 1950-70
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From the Family of Photographer and Educator Jack Welpott.
Henry Holmes Smith used photography (often camera-less) to explore light and color. In "Death of Punch," he used broken Christmas tree ornaments to create a riotous, very nearly dangerous, circus of form and layered color. "Mother and Son" explores mythic, primordial subjects. In this study, Smith spread a viscous liquid and water on a pane of glass, and made an exposure with a 100-wat light bulb. The light passed through the liquid, revealing his expressive, amorphous figures.