RARE HYPNOTIC JAZZ AGE DECO ERA 11x14 GILDA GRAY SHIMMY M.I. BORIS SIGNED PHOTO

Description: WELCOME TO OUR SITEWE HOPE WE CAN HELP YOU FIND YOUR TREASURE AND GEM!Thanks for stopping by our store. We have been with E-Bay since 2001. We specialize in all things Deco, Nouveau, Roaring Twenties & Jazz Age. Bid with complete confidence & Kindly take a moment to look at our other items for sale & auction.WE HAVE A STUNNING COLLECTION OF VINTAGE NUDES FROM ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSTON, EDWIN BOWER HESSER, NASIB, JAMES WALLACE PONDELICEK, ALO, ALTA, ALBERT ARTHUR ALLEN, HARRY RICHARDSON CREMER & OTHERS, SOME ORIGINALLY FRAMED FROM THE ERA. KINDLY CHECK THEM OUTWE ABSOLUTELY COMBINE SHIPPING & CAN SHIP FOR ONE PRICE AS LONG AS THEY FIT IN THE PACKAGE. WE DO NOT ADD ANY ADDITIONAL CHARGES OR PACKING SUPPLY FEES. ALL RATES DETERMINED BY THE POST OFFICE FOR OUR USUAL POST OFFICE BOMB PROOF PACKING. SHOULD THE CART NOT AUTOMATICALLY COMBINE SHIPPING PLEASE REACH OUT TO USPHOTOGRAPHER: M.I. BORIS N.Y. AKA BORIS MAJDRAKOFF, HAND SIGNED IN BLACK INK BY BOTH GILDA GRAY & M.I. BORIS ON LOWER IMAGE, 997 PRINTED IN NEGATIVE ON LOWER LEFT CORNERSUBJECT: GILDA GRAY, INVENTOR OF "THE SHIMMY"DESCRIPTION: M.I. BORIS PORTRAITS ARE VERY RARE, ESPECIALLY IN THESE LARGER FORMATS. HE PERSONALLY ETCHED DESIGNS IN THE IMAGE & BACKGROUNDS ON THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES OF HIS PORTRAITS. GORGEOUS OVERSIZED SILVER GELATIN PHOTOSIZE OF IMAGE: 11 x 14"PAPER WEIGHT: DOUBLEFINISH: SEMI-GLOSSDATE OF PRINTING: C1920/30's, PRINTED IN THE ERA IT WAS TAKENCONDITION: GREAT WITH LIGHT SURFACE WEAR & SOFT BENDS, LIGHT STAINING TO RIGHT & LEFT UPPER IMAGE CORNERS & BORDERS, SEE IMAGE'S #10 & 11, SMALL INK SPOT NEXT TO LIP, STILL A GREAT RARE IMAGE. ALL THIS TO BE AS CONDITION SPECIFIC & CONSCIOUS AS POSSIBLE BUT IN CASE WE MISSED SOMETHING, PLEASE USE THE OVERSIZED IMAGES AS AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION GUIDE. WHEN IN DOUBT, PLEASE ASK, WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO CHAT** Items have both been scanned where possible & photographed to help you judge the tone & condition. The tones of the photographs are somewhere in between. But when in doubt, please ask.MORE INFO ON THE PHOTOGRAPHER;M. I. Boris [Boris Majdrakoff] was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, and educated in the studio of the pioneer Balkan photographer and Bulgarian freedom fighter Toma Hitrov by Hitrov's widow, Elena Chernova. Boris eventually married their daughter Ivanka Hitrova, also a photographer.Sent by his father to Vienna in 1905 to study engineering, Boris took courses in painting instead. He secured work in Atelier Adele, the photographic studio of the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph, and was eventually appointed studio manager. On a vacation to Sofia in 1912, the First Balkan War erupted. As a young male Bulgarian he was drafted and served in the First and Second Balkan Wars, as well as World War I. Because of his photographic abilities, he was assigned to military intelligence. After the cessation of hostilities, he discovered that his possessions in Vienna had been seized; he settled in Sofia, and worked out of the Hitrov Studio.In 1922, in pursuit of Ivanka Hitrova, and to evade retribution for shooting a man, he moved to New York. He married and set up a studio in an apartment over the Stork Club, adopting his commercial name, "M.I. Boris." He enjoyed immediate success and established a studio on W. 57th in the premises once occupied by photographer J.A. Foley. Boris worked for three years on special jobs for Paramount Studio, supplying his elaborately etched star portraits, but quit when pressured to move to the West Coast where Paramount relocated in late 1926. The New York Times contacted him in the late 1920s about replacing Victor Georg at its studios, but Boris preferred working independently. Throughout the 1920s, he expanded into Society portraiture as a supplement to his theatrical and movie star projects.In the late 1930s, his style grew less painterly and more "straight" as he established himself as a fixture in the New York scene. He became greatly active in the professional associations, particularly as an exhibition judge. He opened a branch of his studio in Washington, D.C. and took occasional students, such as Ralph Oggiano. Aside from his portraiture, he did photograms, abstract marbalized images, and painted on exposed photographic paper. These experimental works were for the delection of his family and photographic friends. He died on July 17, 1962 after falling into the elevator shaft at 697 Fifth Avenue, where his studio was located.An adherent of Jungenstil, the proto-modernist aesthetic that reigned in Austria before the War, Boris developed a mode of portrait photography with sinuous profiles and backgrounds aswirl with quasi-abstract graphic patterning. He brought the style to New York in 1923. His pictures bear strong affinities with those of Orval Hixon, Homer K. Peyton, and William Mortensen in the aggressive manipulation of the negative and the concern with creating a synthetic image of great allure. His vintage prints of the 1920s are among the rarest and most visually arresting of the portraitists of the inter-war years Just Some More Info...... ** Per E-Bay’s new policy, signature confirmation is now required for all purchases over $750. It is automatically added to your order by E-Bay We take great pride in describing each item accurately with as much detail as possible however, most of our items are vintage and we are human, any flaws that are overlooked are unintentional and we will gladly correct any unforeseen errors in our listing to your satisfaction. We combine shipping when ever possible at no extra charge. If its fits in 1 package safely, we will NOT charge anything extra! 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Price: 799.95 USD

Location: Los Angeles, California

End Time: 2024-11-19T20:12:01.000Z

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