Lot 95
Peter MacCallum (1947- )
Lot 95 Details
Peter MacCallum (1947- ), Canadian
FOUR VIEWS (FROM JACOBS HARDWARE, QUEEN STREET WEST: TORONTO, PORTFOLIO OF 15), 1992-1996:
FRONT COUNTER, LOOKING IN, 1996 (NEG. NO. JH-6-16);
WEST AISLE, LOOKING IN, 1996 (NEG. NO. JH-7-15);
EAST AISLE, LOOKING OUT, 1996 (NEG. NO. JH-7-12);
WEST AISLE, NEAR WINDOW, LOOKING OUT, 1996 (NEG. NO. JH-8-12)
Four selenium toned archival silver prints; each signed with copyright, titled, dated 1996 and numbered: three numbered “Edition No. 1 of 5” and one, the third title, numbered “Edition No. 3 of 5” and inscribed with negative numbers in pencil verso. Unframed.
Together with the hardcover book:
"Peter MacCallum Documentary Projects 2005-2015", Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton, New Brunswick, 2016
Each 14 x 14 in — 35.6 x 35.6 cm
Estimate $1,200-$1,800
Additional Images
Provenance:
Private Collection, Toronto
Note:
Peter MacCallum is a professional photographer based in Toronto who specializes in documentary studies of industrial sites. Peter’s projects depicting Toronto subjects like Jacobs Hardware and the Toronto Brick Works series offered in this sale appeal to collectors interested in documentary photography of Toronto architecture and establishments that no longer exist.
MacCallum began as an apprentice in 1969 in a commercial photography studio. Since the 1970s he has completed nearly 100 projects, producing his archival prints in his own darkroom.
MacCallum works with a wide variety of subject matter and the number of images in each project ranges from two to more than two hundred. He focuses on the retail, industrial and construction history of Toronto, namely the concrete industry in Ontario.