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Gordon Coster (1906-1988)

Gordon Coster (1906-1988) UNTITLED [EYE], c.1935. Vintage ferrotyped silver gelatin print, images/sheet size 38.7 x 42cm, with the photographer's stamp verso, Barry Friedman NY label to mount verso. Two further gallery labels to frame board verso, which cite Herbert Matter as the photographer. Framed, frame size 72 x 72cm.

GORDON COSTER (1906-1988) Steel and Steam.

GORDON COSTER (1906-1988) Steel and Steam. Bromide print, the image measuring 7½x9½ inches (24.1x19.1 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, the mount 19½x15¾ inches (49.5x40 cm.), with Coster's signature and (faint) title in pencil on the overmat, and various exhibition labels, one with Coster's credit, the title, his address, and the date in ink, and a list of salon exhibitions with the dates in ink, on mount verso. 1927 Provenance: Simon Lowinsky Gallery, San Francisco, California; to the Collection of Dr. James and Debra Pearl

GORDON COSTER (1906-1988) Grand Central Station.

GORDON COSTER (1906-1988) Grand Central Station. Silver print, the image measuring 7¾x9¾ inches (19.7x24.8 cm.), with Coster's credit stamp and an Underwood & Underwood stamp, and the title and a numeric notation in pencil in an unknown hand, on verso. Circa 1927 Provenance: Simon Lowinsky Gallery, San Francisco, California; to the Collection of Dr. James and Debra Pearl

Gordon Coster, Chicago-Century of Progress; Untitled (Steel Worker) (two works)

Gordon Coster Chicago-Century of Progress; Untitled (Steel Worker) (two works) 1934 vintage gelatin silver print 16.875 h x 13.875 w in (43 x 35 cm) 15.75 h x 19.875 w in (40 x 50 cm) Titled, dated and inscribed to verso of one example 'Chicago - Century of Progress -1934 European House (?)', GC0022' with artist's stamp to verso 'Photography Gordon Coster'. Provenance: Collection of Susan and G. Ray Hawkins, Beverly Hills This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.

Gordon COSTER (1906-1988) - Hommes vêtus de costume de zoot descendant la rue après qu’une émeute raciale entre noirs et blancs ait été

Gordon COSTER (1906-1988) Hommes vêtus de costume de zoot descendant la rue après qu’une émeute raciale entre noirs et blancs ait été réprimée par l’armée et la loi martiale. Detroit, Michigan, États-Unis d’Amérique, 1943 Format de l’image : 39 × 50 cm – Format fini : 56 × 67 cm Tirage moderne à l’encre au charbon (piézographie) sur papier baryté Hahnemühle. Encadrement bois noir et passepartout. Edition spéciale 1/1. Tampon sec sur le tirage. Men walking down the street wearing zoot suits after wartime race riots between blacks and whites were put down with Army troops and martial law. Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, 1943 Print format: 39 × 50 cm – Full size: 56 × 67 cm Modern print on Hahnemühle baryta paper, Piezography processing. Black wooden frame and mat. Special Edition 1/1. Embossed stamp.

GORDON H. COSTER Pittsburgh.

GORDON H. COSTER Pittsburgh. Silver bromide print, circa 1930. 244x343 mm; 9 5/8x13 1/2 inches, printed to the edge of the sheet. Signed, titled, and with notations in pencil, on mount verso. Coster (1906-1988) was a photojournalist whose works were regularly reproduced in LIFE magazine.

GORDON COSTER Street Scene Chicago 1940s

GORDON COSTER, Mother and Children likely taken in Chicago in the 1940s, n.d., 10.625x13.375" Gelatin silver print, Printed n.d., LIFE Photo credit stamp on print verso; stamped and numbered in pencil. Gordon Coster (1906-1988) began his career as a commercial photographer for the prestigious Underwood & Underwood studio, first in New York and later in Chicago, where he created advertisements for Marshall Field's, among other clients. Influenced by the formal experiments of European New Vision photographers such as Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Coster created a series of dynamic abstracted views of Chicago at night in the early 1930s. During World War II Coster shifted his focus to photojournalism, reporting on labor and civil-rights issues for LIFE and Fortune magazines. In 1946 Moholy-Nagy invited him to lecture on New Vision photography at the Institute of Design in Chicago, where Coster continued to teach on and off through the 1960s. Credit: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/265421

Gordon Coster, Skiiers, c. 1935

Gordon Coster, Skiiers, c. 1935, Vintage gelatin silver print, 13.75" x 10.75". Artist's credit stamped on verso.

Gordon Coster, Cosmetics Montage, c. 1935

Gordon Coster, Cosmetics Montage, c. 1935, Vintage gelatin silver print, 8.25" x 10.5". Artist's credit stamped on verso.

Gordon Coster, Myra Lane, c. 1935

Gordon Coster, Myra Lane, c. 1935, Vintage gelatin silver print, 10" x 8". Artist's credit stamped on verso. Title in pencil on verso. Numbered in pencil on verso.

Gordon Coster, Coca-Cola, c. 1935

Gordon Coster, Coca-Cola, c. 1935, Vintage gelatin silver print, 8" x 10". Artist's credit stamped on verso. Numbered in pencil on verso.

Gordon Coster, Untitled

Gordon Coster Untitled 1931 gelatin silver print 13.75 h × 10.75 w in (35 × 27 cm) Signed and dated to lower right 'Gordon Coster 1931'. Provenance: Collection of Mark Isaacson and Greg Nacozy condition: Print has been backed with archival paper, while showing minute losses to emulsion layer along edges. Small areas of faint surface wear visible in raking light. Overall fine condition. Framed behind glass measuring 25 x 21 x 1 inches. One small loss to glazing to upper right corner, frame would benefit from being updated prior to long-term installation.

Gordon Coster, Grain Elevator

Gordon Coster Grain Elevator 1943 gelatin silver print 13.25 h × 10.5 w in (34 × 27 cm) Sheet measures: 13.75 h x 10.5 w inches. Signed and dated to lower right 'Gordon Coster 1943'. Artist's stamp to verso 'Photography Gordon Coster Chicago'. Provenance: Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York | Collection of Mark Isaacson and Greg Nacozy condition: Very minor wear along edges of print, overall showing in excellent condition. Matted and unframed.

Gordon Coster, "The Silver Mask." 1929. Vintage bromide print mounted on artist's paper.

Gordon Coster, "The Silver Mask." 1929. Vintage 13 x 10 ¼ - inch bromide print mounted on artist's paper. Signed and titled in pencil on mount recto. Nine exhibition labels and two exhibition stamps verso. This is a striking enigmatic picture. It is not clear whether this is a man or a woman.

[Photography] Coster, Gordon H. (American, 1906-1988), US Steel, Gary Indiana

[Photography] Coster, Gordon H. (American, 1906-1988) US Steel, Gary Indiana Gelatin silver print 18.675 x 15 inches Framed. Provenance: Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York.

GORDON COSTER | Bicycle Racer

the photographer's credit stamp on the reverse, framed, 1930s

Gordon Coster: Advertisement for AMJ Jukebox, ca. 1930s, vintage gelatin silver print

Advertisement for AMJ Jukebox, ca. 1930s, vintage gelatin silver print, credit stamp verso, Image size: 13"x9.75"

Gordon Coster: Advertisement for AMJ Jukebox, ca. 1930s, vintage gelatin silver print

Advertisement for AMJ Jukebox, ca. 1930s, vintage gelatin silver print, credit stamp verso, Image size: 13"x9.75"

Gordon Coster

Gordon Coster

Gordon H. Coster (American, 1906-1988) Lot of Six Train-Related Images: Speeding Up, The Romance of a Locomotive; Along the Patapsco...

Gordon H. Coster (American, 1906-1988) Lot of Six Train-Related Images: Speeding Up, The Romance of a Locomotive; Along the Patapsco River; The Entrance - Mount Royal Station; Coming Through; and Impression at the Camden Yards - Baltimore.Most identified in inscriptions on the mount and/or on a label from the Photo-Club, Baltimore, affixed to the reverse. Bromide prints, image sizes to 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (34.2 x 26.7 cm), mounted, unmatted, unframed. Condition: Toning, some with minor rubs.

GORDON COSTER (1906-1988/91): BOY SLEEPING AT PIANO

Gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 in. (sight, sheet), stamped on verso.

Gordon Coster (1903-1988), AmericanUNTITLED (LIGHTING STUDY), 1930

Gordon Coster (1903-1988), AmericanUNTITLED (LIGHTING STUDY), 1930; Gelatin silver print signed and dated 1930 in pencil lower right. Mounted and unframed.Image 13.5" x 10.5" - 34.3 x 26.7 cm.

GORDON H. COSTER (1906-1991)

GORDON H. COSTER (1906-1991) Automobile Manufacturing, 1940 silver gelatin print 12¾ x 9¾ in. (32.5 x 24.6 cm.) and four further silver gelatin prints; 'Car Factory', 'Welder', 'Dam Construction' and 'Foundry' by the same artist. (5)

GORDON H. COSTER (American, 1903-1988) Untitled (Woman

GORDON H. COSTER (American, 1903-1988) Untitled (Woman Seated at Vanity), 1930s Gelatin silver Paper: 8-1/4 x 10-1/4 inches (21 x 26 cm) Image: 7-3/4 x 9-1/2 inches (19.7 x 24.1 cm) Verso: stamped Photography Gordon Coster State: unmounted

Coster, Gordon H. - Untitled (Woman Seated at Vanity)

GORDON H. COSTER (American, 1903-1988) Untitled (Woman Seated at Vanity), 1930s Gelatin silver Paper: 8-1/4 x 10-1/4 inches (21 x 26 cm) Image: 7-3/4 x 9-1/2 inches (19.7 x 24.1 cm) Verso: stamped Photography Gordon Coster State: unmounted

COSTER, GORDON H. (1906-1988) "Pittsburgh."

COSTER, GORDON H. (1906-1988) "Pittsburgh." Silver bromide print, 9 3/4x13 1/2 inches (24.8x34.3 cm.), with Coster's stylized signature and title, in ink, on mount recto and his signature, title and notations, in pencil, on mount verso. Circa 1930

Neese Grocery, by Gordon Coster.

11 ¼" x 14" gelatin silver print, 1930's, probably printed ca. 1950. A waitress carries water from the foreground well. Slight handling indications in upper corners. "Photography Gordon Coster" stamp on verso.

Still Life with Mask by Gordon Coster.

This was an advertisement for Marshall Fields. 13 5/8" x 10 ½" gelatin silver print dry mounted to board. Signed by Coster in pencil on the mount recto. A vintage 1930's print.

Family Scene, by Gordon Coster.

7 5/8" x 6" warm toned image on 14" x 11" sheet. Print ca. 1940's [?]. A terrific narrative image. "Photography Gordon Coster" stamp on verso.

The Experiment, by Gordon Coster. Fabulous 1950's.

The Experiment, by Gordon Coster.8" x 10" gelatin silver print, ca. 1950 [?]. Wonderful use of double exposure. "Photography Gordon Coster" stamp on verso.

Gordon Coster (American, 1906-1988) Untitled,

Gordon Coster (American, 1906-1988) Untitled, 1930s; Gelatin silver print (printed ca. 1930s); Titled illegibly with studio stamp; 14'' x 11'' (sheet)

COSTER, GORDON Group of three images of Chicago.

COSTER, GORDON Group of three images of Chicago. Gelatin silver prints, undated [circa 1940], two with the photographer's stamp on the reverse; images 10 x 13 inches (255 x 330 mm). Corners of one print bumped, not affecting image.

COSTER, GORDON Steel Worker's Funeral, South Chicago, Memorial Day 1937 * Untitled [Woman, circa 1920].

COSTER, GORDON Steel Worker's Funeral, South Chicago, Memorial Day 1937 * Untitled [Woman, circa 1920]. Two vintage gelatin silver prints, both with photographer's stamp on the reverse; the first image 14 x 11 inches (355 x 280 mm), the second 13 1/2 x 10 inches (342 x 255 mm). Slight bumping to corners of first print, second print partially laid down to mat.

¤Gordon COSTER (1903 - 1998) The Silver Mask, 1929 Tirage au bromure monté sur papier

Gordon H. Coster (1906-1991)

Trains on horizon at dusk gelatin silver print stamped photography Gordon Coster (verso) 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. (34.3 x 27.3 cm.)

Gordon H. Coster (1906-1991)

The freight train gelatin silver print stamped photography Gordon Coster (verso) 10 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. (27.3 x 34.3 cm.)

Gordon H. Coster (1906-1991)

Union Pacific Overland Locomotive gelatin silver print stamped photography Gordon Coster (verso) 10 x 12 1/2 in. (25.4 x 31.8 cm.)

Gordon H. Coster (1906-1991)

Milwaukee Train, c.1936 gelatin silver print stamped photography Gordon Coster (verso) 7 x 9 in. (17.8 x 22.9 cm.)

Gordon H. Coster (1906-1991)

A night view of trains gelatin silver print stamped photography Gordon Coster (verso) 10 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. (27.3 x 34.3 cm.)

Gordon H. Coster (1906-1991)

A locomotive at night gelatin silver print stamped photography Gordon Coster (verso) 9 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (24.8 x 31.8 cm.)

COSTER, GORDON (1903-1988) "Fireworks."

COSTER, GORDON (1903-1988) "Fireworks." Warm toned silver print, 13 1/2x10 1/2 inches (34.3x26.7 cm.). Circa 1930 Formerly in the collection of Dr. Max Thorek; this print was deaccessioned from the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. All items are offered for sale subject to Swann Galleries' standard terms and conditions of sale, which are published in our catalogues and are posted below.

GORDON COSTER 1906-1988

SELECTED IMAGES measurements note 14 5/8 by 11 in. (37 by 28 cm.) and 13 3/4 by 10 3/4 in. (35 by 27.3 cm.) 2 photographs, comprising 'Composition in Shadows' and 'Fire Fighters,' the first double-mounted and signed by the photographer in pencil on the mount, signed, titled, and annotated 'Chloride' by him in pencil and with the Museum's collection stamp, label, and accession number in an unidentified hand in blue pencil, on the reverse, circa 1933 (2) PROVENANCE Gift of the photographer, circa 1933 EXHIBITED Chicago, The Century of Progress International Photographic Salon, 1933 and 1934 This print of 'Fire Fighters': Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Imagination to Image, April - September 1999; and traveling thereafter to The Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, September - December 2000; and The Montclair, New Jersey, Art Museum, January - April 2001

1937 Gordon Coster: A WOMAN - LISTENINGƒ_Ý during funeral services for victims of Chicago Memorial Day Massacre - 1937. 13in x 16in gelatin silver

1937 Gordon Coster: A WOMAN - LISTENINGƒ_Ý during funeral services for victims of Chicago Memorial Day Massacre - 1937. 13in x 16in gelatin silver print by Gordon Coster, dry mounted to mount, titled and signed in pencil recto. Titled, and with number 2in and signed on recto, with Coster's Chicago stamp. Metal exhibition label for Baltimore International Salon of Photography, 1938. A stunning close portrait as well as a social document, and a fine rare early example of this photographer's work. He is better known for his fashion photographs. [4]

Rich early Gordon Coster NIGHT SCENE, CHICAGO. 10in x 13in vintage matte gelatin silver print with Coster's Chicago stamp on verso. Pencil notations

Rich early Gordon Coster NIGHT SCENE, CHICAGO. 10in x 13in vintage matte gelatin silver print with Coster's Chicago stamp on verso. Pencil notations on verso, Lambert and Albright House? A fine careful study, richly printed. [4]

GORDON COSTER and UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD

License N.J. 30; Lincoln Zephr Advertisment, 1930-40s 2 gelatin silver prints one with Underwood and Underwood, N.Y. credit in the negative and Coster credit stamp (on the reverse of the mount); the second with Underwood and Underwood credit stamp (on the reverse of the mount) 10 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. (26.4 x 26.7 cm.); 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (24.1 x 19 cm.) 13 x 17 1/8 in. (33 x 43.5 cm.) (2)

[ Photographs ] NEESE GROCERY. 11.25in x 14" gelatin silver print by Gordon Coster, with "Photography Gordon Coster" stamp on verso. My guess is ca.

[ Photographs ] NEESE GROCERY. 11.25in x 14" gelatin silver print by Gordon Coster, with "Photography Gordon Coster" stamp on verso. My guess is ca. 1960 print. [4-]

COSTER, GORDON (1903-1988)

Train engine. Silver print, 10 1/4x13 inches (26x33 cm.), with Coster's hand stamp on verso. 1940s

COSTER, GORDON (1903-1988)

Industrial scene. Ferrotyped silver print, 9 1/ 2x7 3/ 4 inches (24.1x19.7 cm.), with Coster's hand stamp and notations, in pencil, on verso. 1930s