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PETER BASCH PHOTOGRAPHY
DESCRIPTION: A vintage circa 1950 original 2 1/4\" camera negative of ballerina IRMA SANDRE posing for the photographer PETER BASCH and from his personal archive. Ms. Sandre was a member of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and is also credited with a dance role in the original Broadway production of South Pacific from 1949-1954.
This is the original negative that was in the camera at the time of the photo shoot and is therefore the only one of its kind in existence. (Please note this listing is for a camera negative, the scan is of its positive view.)
RIGHTS: The PETER BASCH FAMILY TRUST is the sole and exclusive copyright owner of the listed image(s). No rights are included in this offering.
WE ARE OFFERING ADDITIONAL ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVES, TRANSPARENCIES AND PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS FROM THE BASCH ARCHIVE IN OUR STORE: SIZE: 2 1/4\"
- TONE: B&W
- CONDITION: Fine, with a few light spots.
CONDITION GRADING
Excellent: Very nearly pristine, with no more than trivial flaws.
Very Fine: One or two minor defects and only the slightest handling wear.
Fine: Minor flaws, with slight handling or surface flaws.
Very Good: Slight scuffing, rippling, minor surface impressions.
Good: Visibly used with small areas of wear, which may include surface impressions and spotting.
Fair: Visibly damaged with extensive wear.
SHIPPING TERMS - I ship all items using, what I call, triple protection packing. The photos are inserted into a display bag with a white board, then packed in between thick packaging boards and lastly wrapped with plastic film for weather protection before being placed into the shipping envelope.
- The shipping cost for U.S. shipments includes USPS \"Delivery Confirmation\" tracking.
- I am happy to combine multiple wins at no additional cost. Please wait for me to issue the invoice before making payment.
PAYMENT TERMS - Please pay within three (3) days of purchase.
- I reserve the right to re-list the item(s) if payment is not received within seven (7) days.
- California residents - please wait for me to adjust the invoice to include California Sales Tax of 7.5% and 9% for Los Angeles residents.
CUSTOMER SERVICE - I will respond to all inquiries within 24 hours.
Thoughts on Peter Basch by his daughter: \"My Father, Peter Basch, saw. He looked and he saw. He taught me to see. He taught me to listen and hear. We used to play a game when I was little. He’d say, Michele, look at the street then look at me, what did you see? I would list the cars, red, black, navy; people, fat, tall, thin; children, parents; trees and plants. He would add the detail. A blue car with New York plates, a black car with New Jersey plates. The people were not just tall or small, thin or fat, they wore coats or sweaters, they laughed or were sad. The trees had leaves, were close together, the green was dark, vivid, the sun playing with the shadow.
My Father saw. He captured in his mind and on film the unexpected moment in time, the interaction between two people, the look, the thought, the breath that punctuated the decision.
My Father was one of the great romantics. He had a true love and appreciation of beauty in its purest form. We would talk about BEAUTY and her differences: natural, Hollywood, young, old and the beauty of communication, interaction, the Beauty of the moment. He recorded the breath in time on film: two ladies in Paris reading the paper, a Dachshund looking around the corner, a chair in front of the Eiffel Tower. My Father saw the thought and seized it for posterity.
My Father understood the language light speaks to shadow. He showed me how the sun plays with dark. His favorite moment was at Sunrise when the shadows were long and soft. He saw every hue from white to black and everything in between. He understood the language, taught and published books on Light and Shadow, Form and Figure.
I traveled through Europe with my Father. I was his assistant! And proud of it! I was the camera person! Changed the film, made sure the lens was clean, stood in during special poses, helped in the dark room, retouched to refine and perfect. I loved watching him talk and listen. He listened to Jane Fonda, Ursula Andress, Brigit Bardot, Fellini, Mastroiani and so many more. He listened and recorded the answer, the thought, that moment of indecision, realization and Seduction.\"
Film Assignments:
8½ - Fellini
Jules et Jim - Truffaut
Bijoutiers du Clair de Lune - Vadim
The Vice and the Virtue - Vadim
Fearless Vampire Killers - Polanski
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow - De Sica
Une Femme Est Une Femme Goddard
Fear - Rosselini
Cartouche - De Broca
Giant - Stevens
Anne Frank - Stevens
Guys and Dolls - Mankiewicz
Horse Soldiers - Ford
Majority of One - Leroy
Walk on the Wild Side - Dmytryk
Wild in the Streets - Spear
Leonidas - Matte
The Day the Fish Came Out - Cocayannis
The Pawnbroker - Lumet
La Verite - Clouzot
La Loi Sacree - Pabst
Baby Doll - Kazan
Summertime - Lean
The 13 Most Beautiful Girls - Warhol
The Three Sisters - Bogart
Francis of Assissi - Curtiz
The Swimmer Perry
Cape Fear
The Man Who Had Power Over Women
The Spy With The Cold Nose
Winnetou
Mata Hari
Exhibitions:
2002 Jewish Museum - Vienna Austria “Vom Grossvater vertrieben”
2002 LEICA Gallery, NYC Portrait of Al Hirschfeld
2001 National Portrait Gallery -- London Dame Elizabeth (Taylor)
2001 Fahey-Klein Gallery, LA Group Show/Great Directors
2001 Museum/City of New York, Al Hirschfeld Exhibit
2000 Museum of Modern Art, NY, Brigitte Bardot
1999 Vienna, Austria – “übersee”
1999 Stadt Museum, Munich, Germany “TWEN” exhibit
1997 Museum of the Moving Image – Grace Kelly
1996 Staley Wise Gallery, NY “Shooting Stars” – one man show
1980s Museum of Modern Art, NY, Sophia Loren LA County Museum \"Masters of Starlight\" (subsequently traveled to Tokyo & Kyoto, Japan) Stadt Museum, Munich, Germany “AKT” (nudes)
