Lot 114: 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