
Jean Shrimpton
A hauntingly ethereal portrait of iconic model Jean Shrimpton, rendered in Bassman's signature style of soft, dreamlike contrasts and delicate tonal gradations. The gelatin silver print dissolves form and shadow into an almost painterly abstraction, obscuring detail in favor of mood and sensory impression. Bassman's masterful manipulation of the darkroom process transforms fashion photography into a work of quiet, luminous poetry.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print, printed later.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Photographs
May 19, 2016
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