34 Signed original A. Aubrey Bodine photographs from the A. Aubrey Bodine Estate will be auctioned at Alex Cooper Saturday, December 19, 2020 @ 10:00 AM.
This auction is ON-LINE ONLY available @ www.alexcooper.com
Lots # 1072 thru # 1094: Images include Chesapeake Bay Bridge, sailboats, Park Avenue, Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, night time city street scenes and other Bodine subject matter.
Contact:
John Locke, Alex Cooper 443-470-1417
Jennifer B. Bodine, Estate of A. Aubrey Bodine, 410-479-1312 jbb@aaubreybodine.com
Born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1906, A. Aubrey Bodine began photographing in the early 1920s and continued a long and prolific career until his death in 1970. In 1927, at the early age of 21, Bodine became the feature photographer for the Baltimore Sunday Sun. For over forty years, Bodine’s photographs were published every week in the Sunday magazine. His popularity in the Mid-Atlantic States was unprecedented. Bodine was devoted to a style of photography often referred to as “pictorialism,” which had it roots in the late 19th and early 20th century. Pictorial photographers sought to separate themselves from the scientific applications of photography and wanted to be considered “artists.” To that end, Bodine’s approach to photography was a painterly style, which often stressed soft-focus imagery as well as expressive printing. www.aaubreybodine.com for more images and entertainment.
Chesapeake Bay Bridge (1955) Bay Bridge … Maryland’s eastern and western shores are linked by the largest continuous entirely-over-water steel structure in the world. The bridge from shore to shore - from Sandy Point to Kent Island - measures 4.35 miles. The entire project, including approach roads, is 7.727 miles long. About 6,500,000 man hours of work and 60,000 tons of steel were needed to build it. Work began on November 3, 1949. The bridge was opened on July 30, 1952. It cost about $45,000,000 and will be paid for by tolls from this and other state bridges. The bridge was built in a graceful, sweeping curve to comply with regulations determined by the Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, and to land the structure on favorable terrain.
Park Avenue in the Rain (1950)
Marble Steps (1945) STEPS-AND STEPS … The white steps of Baltimore have become the city’s trademark and a marvel to visitors. Many of them are white marble from nearby quarries. Marble Steps. 2000 block of Penrose looking west towards Pulaski 43-020 - missing TIF
Atlantic Breakers (1950) The Atlantic Ocean at sunrise off the Ocean City beach.
Corner Bakery (1962) - The Betty Patterson Specialty Kitchen, a neighborhood bake shop, is located on the corner of Read and Tyson Streets.
