Jeffrey Becom, Scale, Venice, italy, 1981

Description

This photograph titled "Scale, Venice Italy" 1981 is a colors cibachrome photograph by noted American photographer Jeffey Becom, b.1953. It … more This photograph titled "Scale, Venice Italy" 1981 is a colors cibachrome photograph by noted American photographer Jeffey Becom, b.1953. It is hand signed and numbered 7/25 on the mat in pencil by the artist. Also signed, titled and numbered on the back. The photograph size is 9.25 x 13.5 inches, framed size is 18.25 x 22.25 inches. Custom framed in a black metal frame, with white matting. It is in excellent condition, the colors are fresh and bright.

About the artist:

Born in a small Indiana farming community in 1953, Jeffrey Becom painted from an early age. He began to develop his photographic skills while earning a degree in architecture from the University of Cincinnati. After moving to San Francisco to practice, Becom opted out of an architectural career to immerse himself in a private obsession: observing, studying and recording with camera and paintbrush the wondrous color and detail of the simple houses of farmers and fishermen in remote Mediterranean villages and hill towns.
Combining an architect’s love of geometry, pattern and texture with a painter’s sensitivity to color, light and composition, Becom spent a decade creating the series of photographs collected in his first book, Mediterranean Color (Abbeville Press, New York, 1990), with Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Paul Goldberger. This book documents with camera and words, the fascinating history as well as myths behind the remarkable colors on the simple houses of farmers and fishermen. Becom’s work has also been showcased in “For the Colors”, an hour-long PBS (public television) documentary joining him in Italy in 1991. In 1993 Becom had a retrospective exhibition of oils, watercolors and photographs at The Octagon’s American Architectural Foundation galleries in Washington, D.C.
Jeffrey Becom’s limited edition Ilfachrome (i.e. cibachrome) photographs, as well as his watercolors and oil paintings, are represented in public and private collections throughout the world.Continue Reading less