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Original Pencil Signed Photograph
Artist: Shirley Carter Burden (1909-1989)
Date: 1953
Condition: Very good
Price: $500
Paper Dimensions: 14 inches Height by 11 inches Width
Image Dimensions: 5 1/2 inches Height by 8 inches Width
Shirley Carter Burden was a fine-arts photographer and writer, who was born in 1909 in Manhattan. He was the great-great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt. He founded the Burden Gallery in Manhattan, and for a long time was the chairman of the photography magazine, Aperture. He served as a trustee of the Museum of Modern Art and a trustee and teacher at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.
Mr. Burden's books included ''God Is My Life'' (1960) about a Trappist monastery in Kentucky, ''I Wonder Why'' (1963), ''Behold Thy Mother'' (1965), ''Presence'' (1981), ''The Vanderbilts in My Life'' (1981), ''Chairs'' (1985) and ''The Mary I Love'' (1989).
During the 1930's, he worked in the movie business and in World War II made training films for the military and the Federal Office of Education. He then turned to fine art photography. He died of Lou Gehrig's disease in 1989 and had homes in Manhattan, Beverly Hills and Montecito, California.
Harvard University’s first professorship in photography was established in 1999 by Shirley Carter Burden’s family.
This vintage photograph is a great gift or present for any photography collector.
This old print for sale is an original photograph, a historic print of the 1960's, which has aged with time. Please visit Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) to learn more about ancient prints and condition.
All of our antique maps, antique prints and artwork are original. We do not sell reproductions.
Artist: Shirley Carter Burden (1909-1989)
Date: 1953
Condition: Very good
Price: $500
Paper Dimensions: 14 inches Height by 11 inches Width
Image Dimensions: 5 1/2 inches Height by 8 inches Width
Shirley Carter Burden was a fine-arts photographer and writer, who was born in 1909 in Manhattan. He was the great-great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt. He founded the Burden Gallery in Manhattan, and for a long time was the chairman of the photography magazine, Aperture. He served as a trustee of the Museum of Modern Art and a trustee and teacher at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.
Mr. Burden's books included ''God Is My Life'' (1960) about a Trappist monastery in Kentucky, ''I Wonder Why'' (1963), ''Behold Thy Mother'' (1965), ''Presence'' (1981), ''The Vanderbilts in My Life'' (1981), ''Chairs'' (1985) and ''The Mary I Love'' (1989).
During the 1930's, he worked in the movie business and in World War II made training films for the military and the Federal Office of Education. He then turned to fine art photography. He died of Lou Gehrig's disease in 1989 and had homes in Manhattan, Beverly Hills and Montecito, California.
Harvard University’s first professorship in photography was established in 1999 by Shirley Carter Burden’s family.
This vintage photograph is a great gift or present for any photography collector.
This old print for sale is an original photograph, a historic print of the 1960's, which has aged with time. Please visit Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) to learn more about ancient prints and condition.
All of our antique maps, antique prints and artwork are original. We do not sell reproductions.
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