George Dureau - Craig Blanchette, 1992
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GEORGE DUREAU (1930-2014)
Craig Blanchette, 1992
Print in Colors
8 3/4" x 8 3/4
George Valentine Dureau (December 28, 1930 â€â€œ April 7, 2014) was an American artist whose long career was most notable for charcoal sketches and black and white photography of poor white and black athletes, dwarfs, and amputees. Robert Mapplethorpe is said to have been inspired by Dureau's amputee and dwarf photographs, which showed the figures as "exposed and vulnerable, playful and needy, complex and entirely human individuals."
Craig Blanchette, 1992
Print in Colors
8 3/4" x 8 3/4
George Valentine Dureau (December 28, 1930 â€â€œ April 7, 2014) was an American artist whose long career was most notable for charcoal sketches and black and white photography of poor white and black athletes, dwarfs, and amputees. Robert Mapplethorpe is said to have been inspired by Dureau's amputee and dwarf photographs, which showed the figures as "exposed and vulnerable, playful and needy, complex and entirely human individuals."
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Mounted to Archival Grade Pigment Paper
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George Dureau - Craig Blanchette, 1992
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