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Vintage Las Vegas Motel Sign - Mid Century Sky Ranch Motel

Creator: Mitchell Funk
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
A perfect day with penetrating light and a deep cobalt-blue sky was the ideal context for Mitchell Funk to photograph the punchy primary colors of a mid-century Las Vegas hotel sign. A solitary figure in a dark, nondescript outfit is seen in the foreground and gives the scene scale. The hyper-real lighting has been characteristic of Mitchell Funk's street photography for 54 years. It accentuates color and propels the image into being as abstract as representational.
Can a street photograph be a grab shot and precisely designed at the same time? Mitchell Funk says yes. He brings finely honed photography skills such as composition, intense lighting and design to found subject matter. Mitchell Funk brings the compositional precision of studio photography to street photography. Unlike most street photographers, Funk is an abstractionist while being a documentarian.
The photograph is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower right recto. Other sizes are available and the fine art photograph is unframed and printed later. Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography" In 1970 he participated in one the first " Color Photography" shows at a major museum. Brooklyn Museum, show "Images en Couleur" . 1971 Included he was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time Life. Color ! American Photography Transformed. Amon Carter Museum. He has had more than 50 Photography Magazine Covers and has had covers on Newsweek, Fortune, New York Magazine and Life Magazine among others

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States, Nevada
Period:	2000-2021
Materials:	Inkjet Archival print
Condition:	Good. Excellent
Creation Date:	2006
Styles / Movements:	Color Field, Color, Contemporary
Incollect Reference #:	696512

Dimensions

W.	40 in;	H.	60 in;
W.	101.6 cm;	H.	152.4 cm;

Message from Seller:

You'll find an eclectic group of art works at Robert Funk Fine Art. 45 years of experience has shaped Director Robert Funk's multi-perspective approach to presenting art. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with great teachers such as first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish. In Graduate School he worked with famed critic E.C. Goossen and went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director, and Art Collector.