Lee Crum (American/Arkansas, 20th c., active New Orleans 1978-2005), "Nude in Tree", 2004, archival pigment print on paper, pencil-initialed, dated and inscribed "AP" en verso, sheet 47 in. x 35 in., framed. Note: Lee Crum discovered his love of photography when he started photographing musicians at the concerts he would attend in Arkansas. Studying journalism at the University of Arkansas, he worked for newspapers in the Little Rock area eventually moving to New Orleans to work for The Times-Picayune. Upon his arrival here, his talents were quickly noticed by the likes of Sports Illustrated and various marketing firms around the country where he made a name for himself in design and corporate circles as a talented photographer. While entertaining a thriving advertising and journalism career, Crum creates very different photographs for his own personal body of work with a noted distinction between his “corporate” and “art” photography. Inspired by Diane Arbus, his personal works veer toward minimalism and explore his fascination with nature which offers a stunning contrast to the highly, more slickly produced images of his advertising work as is evidenced in the lot offered here. “Nude in a Tree” showcases his personal style drawing upon his photojournalistic background where a single image can be used to allude to an entire story. Crum’s masterful depiction of the environment starkly punctuated with the classical female figure produce a striking and enigmatic arrangement. Ref: Boyles, Sallie W. “Eye of the Beholder”. Vie Magazine. March 2011, vol. 1, p. 92-101. Accessed from www.viemagazine.com, March 31, 2022.

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