Photography
"Narragansett Pier" by Carmel Vitullo
- Item Number
- 184
- Estimated Value
- 425 USD
- Opening Bid
- 175 USD
Item Description
This is Narragansett Pier, a 1960s photo by legendary Rhode Island photographic artist/documentarian Carmel Vitullo, donated by The Bert Gallery in Providence. Like so much of her work, it captures an essential visual component of the era.
Carmel Vitullo attended Rhode Island School of Design and graduated from the New York Institute of Photography in the 1940s, gravitating between Providence and New York City. In the early 1950s she submitted a portfolio to the Museum of Modern Art, which selected three works for the museum’s permanent collection. One was included in the famous 1955 exhibition The Family of Man, which encouraged Carmel to continue pursuing art photography. Over the following two decades the artist created the majority of her definitive photographs of locations throughout Rhode Island.
In recent years Carmel’s work has gained new exposure with her first major retrospective exhibition at the Bert Gallery in 2004 and recent shows at the Newport Art Museum and Block Island Historical Society.
Item Special Note
This framed and matted photograph, from a limited edition of 20, measures 17"H x 21"W overall.
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