Edward W. Quigley (American, 1898-1977). Gelatin silver print, ca. 1930s. A mesmerizing San Francisco street scene featuring a cable car that is about to turn the corner by innovative art photographer Edward W. Quigley. Quigley was admired for his bold experimentation with the medium, particularly for the amazing effects of his light abstractions which he created with the aid of prisms and lenses. Quigley exhibited both nationally and internationally, belonged to elite photography societies, and was honored with numerous prestigious awards. In addition to creating his own modern photography, Quigley curated exhibitions of works by legendary photographers Edward Weston and Moholy-Nagy. Size: 3.625" L x 4.375" W (9.2 cm x 11.1 cm) Size of matte: 14" L x 13.5" W (35.6 cm x 34.3 cm)

"Edward Quigley was a leading American modernist who became known in the 1930s for his experimental photographic work with light. Quigley acquired his first camera at age twelve, joined the Photographic Society of Philadelphia in 1929, and opened his own studio a year later. He supported himself with innovative advertising and editorial work published regularly in magazines such as U.S. Camera and Photographie, while winning prizes in numerous salons for his experimental light abstractions, captured with the aid of prisms and lenses to startling affect. Today, photographs by Edward Quigley are housed in the permanent collections of The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art." (Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA)

This photograph was in the collection of pioneering patron of the arts, Ginny Williams. Sotheby's hosted a series of auctions featuring art and photography in the Ginny Williams Collection in June and July of 2020. Their press release began as follows, "Born in rural Virginia in 1927, Ginny moved to Denver, Colorado in the late 1950s with her husband, Carl Williams. An avid photographer herself, who studied with Austrian-American photojournalist and photographer Ernst Haas, her collecting journey began with classical figurative photography. Her passion and keen eye eventually prompted her to open her namesake gallery in Denver in the 1980s. While her passion for photography never waned, remaining a primary focus of both her gallery and private collection, her voracious curiosity quickly widened her curatorial focus. Over time, Ginny became increasingly courageous and experimental in her selections, venturing into Abstract Expressionism and Contemporary Art and following her artists themselves through gallery shows and museum exhibitions. As the years passed, Ginny became as much of a trailblazer as the artists she collected."

Provenance: private Idledale, Colorado, USA collection; ex-Ginny Williams collection of Denver, Colorado

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Photograph is set in a custom matte. Photo is excellent. Matte has minor stains and crease to lower right corner but is otherwise very nice.