Lot 36: Morris Warman (1918-2010) Chinese Orphan

Morris Warman (1918-2010)
Chinese Orphan, May 1962Gelatin silver exhibition print, flush-mounted on Masonite, label numbered '5' affixed on the recto; signed, titled, numbered '5' and copyright insignia in ink on the flush-mount verso.image/ flush-mount 23 3/4 x 19 7/8in (60.3 x 50.5cm)

Morris Warman was an award-winning American photographer whose pictures often appeared on the front page of the New York Herald Tribune where he was a staff photographer from 1943 to 1966. His work in photojournalism was distinguished by his use of ambient light instead of flash to create his pictures of daily news events. Alongside these news photographs, Warman, dubbed 'the Karsh of Queens,' was also widely acclaimed for his portraits of statesmen and other celebrities. This oversized vintage print of a Chinese orphan was awarded a prize by the New York Press Photographers' Association and formed part of Warman's critically-acclaimed show, Portraits of Our Time, exhibited at the John Meyers Gallery in New York in May 1964 and the New York World's Fair of 1964 and 1965.