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Saul Leiter
Saul Leiter
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Saul Leiter was born in Pittsburgh, the son of an internationally renowned Talmudic scholar. Leiter’s interest in art began in his late teens, and though he was encouraged to become a Rabbi like his father, he left theology school and moved to New York to pursue painting at age 23. In New York, he befriended the Abstract Expressionist painter Richard Pousette-Dart, who was experimenting with photography. His friendship with Pousette-Dart and soon after, with W. Eugene Smith, expanded his interest
of work during the medium’s infancy. His distinctively subdued color often has a painterly quality that stood out among the work of his contemporaries. gures in post-war photography. After several exhibitions at Howard Greenberg Gallery throughout the 1990s, Leiter’s work experienced a surge of popularity after a monograph, Early Color, was published by Steidl in 2006. Early Color was followed by a series of monographs and international exhibitions highlighting the depth and scope of his work in photography and painting, beginning with “In Living several solo shows thereafter, including the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris; the Jewish Histo-
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COLOR
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Bu s , 1954
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Ha ircu t , 1956
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Ha rlem , 196 0
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M a n in S t ra n Ha t, 1955
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Ph one Ca ll , 1957
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S n ow, 196 0
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4 63 , 1956
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Sign Pa in ter, 1954
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Wa lk ing, 1956
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Pu rple Um brell a , 1950
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BLACK AND WHITE
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Ha ts, 1948
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Flowers , 1947
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A n a, 1950
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B oy, 1950
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Ha t , 1950
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Fa ye S m ok ing, 1948
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In ez , 1947
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Fro m Wed ding a s a Fu nera l, 1951
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Saul Leiter
This catalog has been produced in memory of Saul Leiter, a famous American photographer who has influenced the photograph of 50s 60s. There is collected the best photographs of his two most famous albums “Early Color’’ and ”Early Black and White”.
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