Original Rural American Depression Era silver bromide print photograph: SOMETHING IN HIS EYE signed by the photographer, Alfred Watson (on mat board).
Alfred Watson (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,1916-2003).
Location Venango County, Pennsylvania.
Circa 1940s.
Pencil signed: A. Watson (lower right on mat).
Published original silver bromide black-and-white large format photograph.
Exhibition labels on verso includes: Massachusetts Institute, Uruguay International Montevideo exhibition: including many photograph journals, galleries and museums both here and abroad.
Dimensions: photograph: 13 1/2 in. x 16 in., mat board: 16 in. x 20 in.
Condition: good original image, mounted on the original mat board (handling around the mat board edges-view photo).
Provenance: Estate of Alfred Watson.

*Alfred Watson (American, Pittsburgh, PA, 1916-200).
American award winning photographer of the Depression, World War II, Industrial, Urban and Rural Life and the Steel Industry, Alfred Watson developed his photographs in his homemade basement darkroom. Born in Pittsburgh, PA in 1916 and several years after his father abandoned the family, AlfredÂ’s mother gifted him his first camera, a Brownie, which she purchased for $1. That was the beginning of his decorated career.
Watson was widely exhibited and awarded for his keen eye across America, England, Spain, Uruguay, Hong Kong (China); Cuba, Puerto Rico, Australia, and Canada.Just a sampling of the many exhibitions in which he was noteworthy include International Salon of Photography (London, Bristol, South Shields, Southampton, Windlesham, England; Pasadena, CA; Chicago, IL; Newport, Rhode Island; Barcelona, Spain; Chili; Victoria, London, Vancouver, Edmonton, Canada); International and American Exhibition of Photograph and more.
Museums/Institutes where his photographs could/can be viewed include: Museum of Natural History, NYC; Chicago Natural History Museum, Chicago, IL; Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, CA; Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Carnegie Institute, PA. among others.

This esteemed collection had only been show in historic exhibitions, museum shows, published articles and books. Privately held by Mr. Watson’s family, Kensington Estate Auctions is proud to begin to offer Alfred WatsonÂ’s collection for auction.

Good original image, mounted on the original mat board (handling noted around the mat board edges-view photo).
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