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CALIFORNIA MID-CENTURY: Bob Hollingsworth
CALIFORNIA MID-CENTURY: Bob Hollingsworth
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Bob Hollingsworth, Chinese New Year's Parade, San Francisco, 1952, Vintage gelatin silver print, 11" x 13.75". Flush-mounted. Matted. Photographer's credit stamped on verso. "Perceptions" exhibition sticker with number in pencil on verso. Numbered in pencil on verso. Provenance: Estate of Nata Piaskowski. Exhibited: "Perceptions," SFMOMA & traveling, 1954.

Artist Biography: On his twelfth birthday, Bob Hollingsworth received a Kodak Box Brownie camera as a promotion from a shoe company. This serendipitous gift launched a lifelong career in photography. His formal training as a photographer began in the Navy during World War II and progressed after the war at the CSFA. A member of the Professional Photographers of San Francisco, Hollingsworth pursued a successful career in architectural photography in the United States, Europe and Micronesia. Since retirement he has begun to work with electronic imaging.

Education: California School of Fine Arts, 1946–1950.

Selected Exhibitions: Perceptions, San Francisco Museum of Art, August–September 1954.
Subjective Fotografie 2, Staatlichen Schule für Kunst und Handwerk, Saarbrücken, Germany, November 1954–January 1955.
Robert Hollingsworth: A West Coast Expressive Photographer, George Eastman House, November 1956.
Alumni Exhibitions, San Francisco Art Institute, The Focus Gallery, San Francisco, January 1981. Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA June-July, 1983.
“Subjektive Fotografie”: Images of the 50’s, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany (and traveling), December 1984-February 1985.

Awards/Honors: Contra Costa Alliance for the Arts Purchase Award, 1983

Selected Collections: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Art Institute of Chicago. The Hallmark Photographic Collection, Kansas City, MO. Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany. (source: Paul Hertzmann)
Condition
Good condition, minor damage to lower right corner.
Dimensions
11 x 13.75 in
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CALIFORNIA MID-CENTURY: Bob Hollingsworth

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