Olivia Parker: Rose 49, 1976

Olivia Parker: Rose 49, 1976

Vintage contact print, selenium toned. height - 4 in, width - 5 in. signed, signed, titled,and dated on left margin. Estimate: from $2,000 to $3,000

Note: After graduating from Wellesley College in 1963 with a degree in Art History, Olivia Parker began her career as a painter. She became intrigued with photography in 1970. Mostly self-taught in photography, she usually constructs what she photographs in the studio. Her photographs are fundamentally still life, inspired by traditional Dutch, Flemish and Spanish 17th century style paintings. Just as in this exquistite image of a white rose, Parker 's work often features a simple image seen with keen insight.

Olivia Parker has had more than a hundred one-person exhibitions in the United States and abroad, and her work is represented in several major private, corporate and museum collections.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009. www.artnet.com/AUCTIONS