Rare Manuel Carillo Original Silver Gelatin Listed Photograph Michelangelo Moses

Description: Rare Manuel Carillo Original Silver Gelatin Listed Photograph Michelangelo Moses Manuel Carrillo (Mexican, 1906-1989) Untitled (Michelangelo’s Moses, Church of San Pietro, Vincoli, Rome) black and white, silver gelatin (Image): 13 ½” high x 10 ½” wide (Framed): 18” high x 15” wide Description: A fine scarce original silver gelatin photograph by 20th Century photographer Manuel Carrillo, known as “El Maestro Mexicano”. Carrillo’s photographs were always officially left-untitled; this example is a carefully composed photo of Michelangelo’s Moses (c. 1513-1515) housed in the Church of San Pietro, Vincoli, Rome. It is noted that Carrillo took great pains in the photographic moment, never using a flash or zoom lens and often sitting for hours waiting until light and shadow were to his liking, all to reduce darkroom manipulation. The effect is a striking authenticity that elevates the subject with undeniable reality. Notes: Carrillo’s execution is exemplary with a technique particularly suited to Michelangelo’s masterwork. The sculptural quality of such dramatic black and white photography conveys as full a presence of Moses as can be considered possible. Housed in a complimentary black frame and glazed it displays with distinction. Markings: Signed with fine black marker script signature lower right, “MCarrillo” / Studio stamp verso, “MANUEL CARRILLO / Bolívar 21 / México l, D. F. México” (Actual): 24 ¼” high x 20 ¼” wide (Framed): 31 ¾” high x 28” wide Condition: Excellent – Ready for Display. Artist Biography: Motivated, connected and inspired Manuel Carrillo (b. Mexico City, 1906 – d. Mexico City, 1989) was successful in many undertakings from a young age. Unlike family member’s (his grandfather Lauro Carrillo a close friend of Mexican dictator Porfirio Diaz and Uncle Mexican President Adolfo Ruiz Cortine) politics was not a career path. After attending several private schools, he briefly worked in the film industry before moving to New York at the age of 17 and working, between NY and Chicago, a variety of odd jobs from Dish Washer, to Dance Teacher (winning major awards), even at the Wall Street Firm of Neuss Hesslein and Co. before returning to Mexico and, applying his new proficiency in English, becoming involved with Alberto L. Bravo in the pioneering tourist industry. Shorty after this he took a job at the Illinois Central Railroad where he became the manager for their Mexican operations. At the age of 49 he married Consuelo Cadena and for the first time began taking photographs, joining the Club Fotográfico de Mexico and Photographic Society of America. Within the ranks of these two organizations, he developed his art and a reputation as an artistic genius, often called “El Maestro Mexicano” or “El Fotógrafo del Pueblo” for his mastery of the photographic medium and his skill in capturing the essence of the Mexican people following the Mexicanidad principles encouraged by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, although deviating in approach from the works of Manuel Alvarez Bravo and Henri Cartier-Bresson. With the help of friend and contemporary Frank Christopher, a photographer and collector, and Arnold Gilbert of the Gilbert Gallery in Chicago, his career was launched with his first international exhibition, titled Mi Pueblo (“My People”), at the Chicago Public Library, 1958. Since then Carrillo’s work has been seen on four continents in 209 solo exhibitions and in 27 group exhibits. In 1987, Manuel Carrillo: fotografias de Mexico, a monograph his work was published. Carrillo’s works are held by many private collections, universities, and museums, including the Victorian and Albert Museum in London, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and at least 30 other museums. In 1991, the University of Texas at El Paso purchased an archive of photographs and papers from his widow, and the collection is now housed in the C. L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department of the University Library. Guarantee All items are 100% Authentic. We carry no reproductions. Postage & Handling Postage is either calculated into the purchase price or posted under the shipping price above. If additional charges arise due to specialty shipping or buyer location these are to be paid by the buyer. If there is a notable overage the difference shall be refunded. US Customers: All Antiques & Fine Art under $2,500 are Duty Free. 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Price: 975 USD

Location: Niagara on the Lake, Ontario

End Time: 2025-02-04T14:30:51.000Z

Shipping Cost: 45 USD