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Harold Chapman Online Retrospective of the Photographic Oeuvre in 24 Parts (16/24)
Posted on October 28, 2023
Courtesy of R. Goellnitz and R. Madera-Goellnitz, ©Photos by Harold Chapman ©Text by the Authors
Harold Chapman
The Beat Hotel, Paris – Piero Heliczer, poet of the ‘Dead Language Press’, visiting the Hotel for a free haircut. Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber), Size 4×6″, signed.
Please find a brief introduction about the retrospective at part 01
Harold Chapman
The Beat Hotel, Paris – Patrick Shelley, the English sensualist painter, and Allen Ginsberg, Room 25. Christmas 1956. Shelley introduced Harold Chapman to the Beat Hotel in the winter of that year. Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber), Size 4×6″, signed. Published in Harold Chapman – The Beat Hotel, page 134.
Harold Chapman
The Beat Hotel, Paris – “Cyclops”, Lester with Bob Grosnevor’s easel and paintings behind him, and Herb Kohl at the “Fête de Rois, January 1958. Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber), Size 4×6”, signed. Published in Harold Chapman – The Beat Hotel, page 95 (bottom)
Harold Chapman
The Beat Hotel, Paris – Room 41. Thelma Shumsky and her Swedish friend Gun, who both helped to sell Chapman’s Polaroid pictures in the cafés. The bed served as a sofa during the day. Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber), Size 4×6″, signed. Published in Harold Chapman – The Beat Hotel, page 170 (top)
Harold Chapman
The Beat Hotel, Paris – Room 38. Dixie Nimmo, West Indien poet and novelist. On the walls is part of his large Art collection. Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber), Size 4×6″, signed. Published in Harold Chapman – The Beat Hotel, page 154 (top)
Harold Chapman
The Beat Hotel, Paris – Eyla, a pin-up model for the French photographer Serge Jacques, poses for Harold at the top of the stairs, which was a favorite spot with photographers for dramatic posed pictures. Silver Gelatin Print (Resin), Size 15 ½ by 10 ⅝” on 16 by 12, signed on verso. Published in Harold Chapman – The Beat Hotel, page 159 and Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 47
We appreciate your interest in the work of Harold Chapman and encourage you to contact us, if you have any questions.
Cordially,
Rolf Goellnitz and RoxAnn Madera-Goellnitz
Harold Chapman Online Retrospective of the Photographic Oeuvre in 24 Parts (15/24)
Posted on October 26, 2023
Courtesy of R. Goellnitz and R. Madera-Goellnitz, ©Photos by Harold Chapman ©Text by the Authors
Harold Chapman
The Beat Hotel, Paris – The stair well. Owing to the less stringent laws in force at the time, the smoking of hashish and marijuana was, among some of the residents, a social activity like any other. The distinctive smell would day or night, drift from the ill-fitting doors. Silver Gelatin Print (Resin), Size15 ⅝ by 10 ⅝” on 16×12”, signed. Published in Harold Chapman – The Beat Hotel, page 85 and Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 43
Please find a brief introduction about the retrospective at part 01
Harold Chapman
The Beat Hotel, Paris – Madame Rachou presides the bar: Robin Page (Canadian painter), Peter Bishop (English journalist), Larry Yampolsky (news-reel camera man), Madame Rachou, Thomas Neurath (Thames & Hudson), Peter Golding (London fashion designer), John Hammer in the Cafe. June 1960. Silver Gelatin Print (Resin), Size 10 ⅝ by 15 ⅜” on 12 by 16”, signed on verso. Published in Harold Chapman – The Beat Hotel, page 74 (top) and Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 40
Harold Chapman
Every Secret Service would have loved Madame Rachou’s sensitive “Light Control Panel”, which faced the cafe bar. Under each switch was an enamel plaque with the room number; above was a fuse in the form of a bulb, which became dimmer or brighter according to the electricity being used in the room, thus enabling Madame Rachou to spy, and keep a tight control of her hotel guests’ energy use. Silver Gelatin Print (Resin), Size 7 ⅜” by 11” on 8 by 11 ⅝””, signed on verso. Published in Harold Chapman – The Beat Hotel, page 78 and Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 42
Harold Chapman
The Beat Hotel, Paris – Room 29, Burroughs’ old room. When he left, Harold moved in. His work bench, a collage. His first poster picture: Petula Clarke’s face pasted on an open door. The lampshade, a salad basket scavenged from a dust bin. The folders on the table are the beginnings of his documentation of ‘les Halles’, Paris and ‘everyday life’ in France. Silver Gelatin Print (Resin), Size 7 ⅝ by 11 ¾” on 8 by 11 3/4”, signed on verso. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 61 and Harold Chapman – The Beat Hotel, page 138
Harold Chapman
The Beat Hotel, Paris – Mural by ‘Goofey’ Godfrey. After the Beat Hotel had ended, dealers turned up to its new incarnation as the ‘Hotel Du Vieux Paris”, to buy the artwork on the walls. Unfortunately there was none: The walls had been scraped and re-plastered and covered with flowered wallpaper by Monsieur and Madame Laigle, the new owners. Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber), Size 6 ⅛ by 4 ¼” on 7 by 5”, signed on verso. Published in Harold Chapman – The Beat Hotel, page 115 (left) and Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 64
Harold Chapman
The Beat Hotel, Paris. 9, Rue Gît-Le-Cœur in 1958 – the hotel with no name: “The Beat Hotel”, “Madame Rachou’s Maison de Fous”, The Flea Bag Shrine”… An unlike venue for the meeting of the soon-to-be-world-famous. Silver Gelatin Print (Resin), Size 10 ⅝ by 15 ⅜” on 12 by 16”, signed on verso. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 38
We appreciate your interest in the work of Harold Chapman and encourage you to contact us, if you have any questions.
Cordially,
Rolf Goellnitz and RoxAnn Madera-Goellnitz
Harold Chapman Online Retrospective of the Photographic Oeuvre in 24 Parts (14/24)
Posted on October 22, 2023
Courtesy of R. Goellnitz and R. Madera-Goellnitz, ©Photos by Harold Chapman ©Text by the Authors
Harold Chapman
From Billboard Series 1960’s and 70’s. Gossiping housewives awaiting a train in the METRO GALLERY OF EVER CHANGING ART AND DESIGN: “PERFECT…WITH FRESH EGGS…” Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber), Size 5 ⅞ by 9” on 9 ⅜ by 12”, signed. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 81
Please find a brief introduction about the retrospective at part 01
Harold Chapman
From Billboard Series 1960 to 1970’s, France. Saint-Yorre I adore you…Health, beauty and gaiety – not much of this as two nuns rummage through their shopping in a murky Metro station. Silver Gelatin Print, Size 6 ⅛ by 9 ⅛ on 7 by 9 ⅜”, signed
Harold Chapman
From Billboard Series 1960 to 1970’s, Paris, France. Silver Gelatin Print, Size 7 ½ by 11”, signed, stamped
Harold Chapman
From Billboard Series 1960 to 1970’s, near ‘Les Halles’, Paris 1969, France. Silver Gelatin Print, Size 6 by 9 on 7 by 9 ⅜”, signed
Harold Chapman
From Billboard Series 1960 to 1970’s, Paris, France. Silver Gelatin Print, Size 6 ⅛ by 9 ⅛ on 7 by 9 ⅜”, signed
Harold Chapman
From Billboard Series 1960 to 1970’s, ‘Bangkok Violence’,(Movie Poster advertises the action/spy movie ‘Shadow of Evil’), on Boulevard es Italiens, Paris 1964, Silver Gelatin Print, Size 6 ⅜ by 8 ⅝ on 9 ⅜ by 12”, signed
Harold Chapman
From the Billboard Series 1960 to 1970’s. The lure of Paris”…and me”. Sailors on leave pass the parade of fashion posters. Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber), Size 10 ½ by 15 ½”, signed. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 98
We appreciate your interest in the work of Harold Chapman and encourage you to contact us, if you have any questions.
Cordially,
Rolf Goellnitz and RoxAnn Madera-Goellnitz
Harold Chapman Online Retrospective of the Photographic Oeuvre in 24 Parts (13/24)
Posted on October 19, 2023
Courtesy of R. Goellnitz and R. Madera-Goellnitz, ©Photos by Harold Chapman ©Text by the Authors
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From Billboard Series 1960 to 1970’s. London. Silver Gelatin Print, Size 7 by 9¼”, signed, labeled
Please find a brief introduction about the retrospective at part 01
Harold Chapman
From Billboard Series 1960 to 1970’s, France. Silver Gelatin Print, Size 8 by 5 ⅛”, signed, stamped, labeled
Harold Chapman
From Billboard Series 1960 to 1970’s, Paris, 1968 – 1970. Nun passing a hosiery advertising on Blvd. Saint Germain, Paris 1968. Silver Gelatin Print, Size 10 ½ by 15 ½, signed, dated
Harold Chapman
From Billboard Series 1960 to 1970’s, Paris, 1965 – 1967. Drip Dry Hands, Paris 1963. Silver Gelatin Print, Size 15 by 10”, signed, dated
Harold Chapman
From Billboard Series 1960 to 1970’s, Paris. At the launch of a new French brown bottled beer, Pelforth ’43’ giant bottles were installed as an advertising stunt in several metro stations in Paris. This zonked out lad finds the beer bottle makes a comfortable corner for an afternoon nap. Silver Gelatin Print, Size 15 by 10”, signed, dated.
Harold Chapman
From Billboard Series 1960 to 1970’s, Paris 1965 – 67. Silver Gelatin Print, Size 12 ½ by 8 ¾ on 15 ¾ by 11 ½”, signed, dated
Harold Chapman From Billboard Series 1960 to 1970’s, ‘Bread for the World‘ Campaign 1960-s. Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber mounted) 26,3x37cm, signed, stamped
Harold Chapman
From Billboard Series 1960 to 1970’s. The rue Mouffetard, one of Paris ‘ poorest streets. An old lady off to market in her carpet slippers shuffles past a keyhole revealing a girdled nymphet in high heels. Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber), Size 8 ⅞ by 5 ¾” on 93/8 by 6 ⅜”, signed
We appreciate your interest in the work of Harold Chapman and encourage you to contact us, if you have any questions.
Cordially,
Rolf Goellnitz and RoxAnn Madera-Goellnitz
Harold Chapman Online Retrospective of the Photographic Oeuvre in 24 Parts (12/24)
Posted on October 16, 2023
Courtesy of R. Goellnitz and R. Madera-Goellnitz, ©Photos by Harold Chapman ©Text by the Authors
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From Billboard Series 1960 to 1970’s. Silver Gelatin Print, Size 9 ½ by 7”, signed
The Billboard Series 1960 to 1970’s predominately photographed in London and Paris, can be viewed as a stage element and backdrop with the ever changing protagonist seen and caught in the camera of Harold Chapman. It covers a variety of ways how to interpret them as an element of the urban stage. While most of the time they are dominated by an ‘interaction’ of people and backdrop, there are also examples, which focus on other aspects, like the examples below.
Please find a brief introduction about the retrospective at part 01
Harold Chapman
From Billboard Series 1960 to 1970’s, Silver Gelatin Print, Size 6 ¾ by 10 ⅛”, signed, titled, stamped
Harold Chapman
From Billboard Series 1960 to 1970’s. Silver Gelatin Print, Size 7 by 9 ⅜”, signed
Harold Chapman
From Billboard Series 1960 to 1970’s, Paris. Silver Gelatin Print, Size 9 ⅛ by 6 on 9 ½ by 7”, signed
Harold Chapman
From Billboard Series 1960 to 1970’s, France. Silver Gelatin Print, Size 9 by 5 ⅞ on 9 ½ by 7”, signed
Harold Chapman
From Billboard Series 1960 to 1970’s. Silver Gelatin Print, Size 7 by 1 ½”, signed, stamped
We appreciate your interest in the work of Harold Chapman and encourage you to contact us, if you have any questions.
Cordially,
Rolf Goellnitz and RoxAnn Madera-Goellnitz
Harold Chapman Online Retrospective of the Photographic Oeuvre in 24 Parts (11/24)
Posted on October 12, 2023
Courtesy of R. Goellnitz and R. Madera-Goellnitz, ©Photos by Harold Chapman ©Text by the Authors
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Harold Chapman
Défense d’Afficher, rue Gît-le-Coeur: “Posting forbidden” and chained to the railing, a wheel –
all that remains of a dismembered bicycle.
Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber), Size 6 ⅛ by 4 ¼” on 7 by 5”, signed on verso. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 88
Please find a brief introduction about the retrospective at part 01
Harold Chapman
A Lambretta parked by a paper beach scene, pasted on wooden walls screening the disorder
of a building site..
Silver Gelatin Print (Resin), Size 9 by 6 ½” on 11 ⅛ by 9 ⅜”, signed on verso. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 19
Harold Chapman
May 1968 Paris Students, protest movement poster. Silver Gelatin Print, Size 9by 5 ⅞ on 9 ⅜ by 7”, signed, dated
Harold Chapman
Pigalle, a B-Movie paradise: cheap cinemas showing Egyptian mummies risen from the dead, ravished ladies, and every kind of titillating mayhem and horror. Paris 1960’s.
Silver Gelatin Print (Resin), Size 9 by 5 ⅞” on 9 ⅜ by 7by 9 ⅜”, signed. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 93
Harold Chapman
From Billboard Series 1960 to 1970’s. Mail bags laying around near post office on rue L’Eperon, Paris 1964 Silver Gelatin Print, Size 9 ⅛ by 6”, signed
Harold Chapman
From Billboard Series 1960 to 1970’s, France. Silver Gelatin Print, Size 9 ⅛ by 6 on 9 ½ by 7”, signed
Harold Chapman
From Billboard Series_1960 to 1970’s, Drowning in rubbish. Poster of Royal Automobile Club, England Silver Gelatin Print, Size 9 by 6 on 9 ⅜ by 7”, signed
We appreciate your interest in the work of Harold Chapman and encourage you to contact us, if you have any questions.
Cordially,
Rolf Goellnitz
Harold Chapman Online Retrospective of the Photographic Oeuvre in 24 Parts (10/24)
Posted on October 10, 2023
Courtesy of R. Goellnitz and R. Madera-Goellnitz, ©Photos by Harold Chapman ©Text by the Authors
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Harold Chapman Peter Orlovsky and Allen Ginsberg in Rue St-Andre-des-Arts, Paris, December 1956. At that time they were living in Room 24 of the ‘Beat Hotel’
Silver Gelatin Print, Size 5 3/4 by 8”, signed, titled, stamped
Please find a brief introduction about the retrospective at part 01
Harold Chapman Eunice Richards and Volkmar von Alten in the reading room of the “Mistral” bookstore, Paris, summer 1959.
Silver Gelatin Print, Size 15 1/2 by 10 3/4″ on 16 by 12”, signed. Published in Harold Chapman – The Beat Hotel, page 46
Harold Chapman Verta Kali Smart from Philadelphia, and Bob Grosvenor in Room 9 of the Beat Hotel, Paris, January 1958. Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber), Size 8 ⅝ by by 6 ⅜” on 11 ⅞ by 9 ⅜”, signed on verso. Published in Harold Chapman – The Beat Hotel, page 96 and Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 54
Harold Chapman
Christmas Eve 1956: Jiving to “Maxim Saury and his New Orleans Sound” at the Caveau de La Huchette. Entrance to the tightly packed, smoky, sweaty cellar was a mer 600 old French Franc. (Equivalent to 6 New French Franc in 1960 or 1$)
Silver Gelatin Print (Resin), Size 11 ¼” by 7 ⅝” on 11 ⅝ by 8”, signed on verso. Published in Harold Chapman – The Beat Hotel, page 42 and Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 41
Harold Chapman
Scottish Folk singer Alex Campbell in the Monaco bar, Paris. Before the devaluation of the franc, the prices for the drinks were painted underneath saucers, and with each drink one ordered, another saucer was added to the pile. The hapless last survivor had to pay the bill.
Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber), Size 8 ⅛ by 11 ¼”, signed. Published in Harold Chapman – The Beat Hotel, page 23 and Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 76
Harold Chapman
Young Couple, London, England 1960’s – Recruit about to return to his unit from leave and stay with his sweetheart.
Silver Gelatin Print, Size 9 ¾ by 7 ¼”, signed, stamped, titled
We appreciate your interest in the work of Harold Chapman and encourage you to contact us, if you have any questions.
Cordially,
Rolf Goellnitz
Corina Gertz – The Averted Portrait
Posted on October 8, 2023
‘Gertz’s Portrayals are anti-individualistic and deeply personal all at once’ (Clara Freestone)
Enjoy,
Rolf Goellnitz
Harold Chapman Online Retrospective of the Photographic Oeuvre in 24 Parts (09/24)
Posted on October 8, 2023
Courtesy of R. Goellnitz and R. Madera-Goellnitz, ©Photos by Harold Chapman ©Text by the Authors
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Harold Chapman
Girl playing, Gorbals slums, Glasgow, Scotland, late 1960’s
Silver Gelatin Print, Size 9 ¼ by 5 ⅝”, signed, stamped, titled
Please find a brief introduction about the retrospective at part 01
Harold Chapman
Boy with Plastic Bag, Gorbals slums, Glasgow, Scotland, late 1960’s
Silver Gelatin Print, Size 9 ⅝ by 6 ⅜”, signed, stamped, titled, labeled
Harold Chapman
Tease, Exeter, UK 1964
Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber mounted) 38x46cm, signed, stamped, titled, dated
Harold Chapman
Boy and Girl, 1960-s
Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber mounted) 32,5×49,5cm, signed, stamped
Harold Chapman
Pont des Arts. In the bitter cold and mist, the hurdy-gurdy man grinds out a tune with his gloved hands. He was there when I first visited Paris, and for many years I came across him in back streets in different parts of Paris.
Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber), Size 6 ½ by 8 ¼” on 9 ⅜ by 11 ⅞”, signed and stamped on verso. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 12
Harold Chapman
Bread for breakfast: brother and sister on their way home from the boulangerie with a crusty loaf, fresh from the oven.
Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber), Size 9 by 6 ½” on 11 ⅛ by 9 ⅜”, signed on verso. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 13
Harold Chapman Online Retrospective of the Photographic Oeuvre in 24 Parts (08/24)
Posted on October 4, 2023
Courtesy of R. Goellnitz and R. Madera-Goellnitz, ©Photos by Harold Chapman ©Text by the Authors
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Harold Chapman
The prophetic, wildly eccentric Sinclair Beiles was fiercely protected by Madame Rachou. With Brion Gysin, he helped William Burroughs to complete the manuscript of “Naked Lunch” for Maurice Girodias of The Olympia Press, for whom Beiles worked.
One bitter winter, he was about to leave the hotel naked, carrying a mattress on his back to give it to Clochards, to sleep on in Notre-Dame. Some years later in an Arctic like winter the army provided beds for the tramps in the Cathedral. 1960.
Silver Gelatin Print (Resin), Size 15 ½ by 10 ½ on 16 by 12”, signed on verso. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 58
Please find a brief introduction about the retrospective at part 01
Harold Chapman
Gregory Corso in “Le Mistral”, where seminars and poetry readings were held. Spring 1957.
Silver Gelatin Print (Resin), Size 9 by 6 ½” on 11 ⅛ by 9 ⅜”, signed on verso. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 58
Harold Chapman
1963, Harold Norse claimed to be prophetic; he was. “This flea-bag shrine will be documented by art historians and make it into history”, he said. It is indeed.
Silver Gelatin Print (Resin), Size 10 ⅝ by 15 ½ on 12 by 16”, signed on verso. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 67
Harold Chapman
Room 32: Self-portrait. Improvising a ‘darkroom’ by covering the bed with coats, and with lights off and curtains closed, I would dive under the bedding to load the tank with film. Developed in the sink and dried in a corner, the films were often damaged.
Silver Gelatin Print (Resin), Size 19 ¾ by 13 ¾”, signed on verso. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 60 and in Harold Chapman – The Beat Hotel, page 144
Harold Chapman
Poet Allen Ginsberg in his room at the Beat Hotel, 9 Rue Gît-Le-Cœur, Paris, Christmas 1956
Quadtone Black Inkjet, Giclée Print on Archival Cotton Fiber Paper, 310g, size 12 by 8″, signed. Part of “The Beat Hotel” Portfolio, a selection of 20 photographs by Harold Chapman. Published in a limited edition in 2000.
Harold Chapman
William Seward Burroughs in the café of the Beat Hotel, 9 Rue Gît-Le-Cœur, Paris
Quadtone Black Inkjet, Giclée Print on Archival Cotton Fiber Paper, 310g, size 12 by 8″, signed. Part of “The Beat Hotel” Portfolio, a selection of 20 photographs by Harold Chapman. Published in a limited edition in 2000. Also published in Harold Chapman – The Beat Hotel, page 72
We appreciate your interest in the work of Harold Chapman and encourage you to contact us, if you have any questions.
Cordially,
Rolf Goellnitz
Harold Chapman Online Retrospective of the Photographic Oeuvre in 24 Parts (07/24)
Posted on October 2, 2023
Courtesy of R. Goellnitz and R. Madera-Goellnitz, ©Photos by Harold Chapman ©Text by the Authors
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Harold Chapman
Drip-Dry hands: A priest stands unknowingly in front of a movie poster. Pontius Pilate washes his hands of responsibility behind the priest’s back. From Billboard series 1960″s to 1970″s, Paris.
Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber mounted on cardboard), Size 9 ¼ by 14”, signed on verso. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 92
Please find a brief introduction about the retrospective at part 01
Harold Chapman
Les Halles Market had its own police, who were responsible for law and order in the market. They had their own cap badge with “H.C.” on it, for ‘Halles Centrales’. Numerous orders of nuns in their distinctive habits shaped for their convents every night. Paris 1960’s.
Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber), Size 6 ⅛ by 8 ⅞ on 9 ⅜ by 12”, signed. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 14
Harold Chapman
A nun and two priests meditating in the Montparnasse Métro station.
Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber), Size 6 by 8” on 9 ⅜ by 11 ½, signed. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 14
Harold Chapman
Confession: A nun hurrying to confess unmentionable sins at early morning mass in Notre-Dame. The rising sun casts long shadows like accusing fingers across the pavement.
Modern Giclee, Quad-tone Inkjet Print on Archival cotton rag paper, ED #3/12, 11 ¾ by 7 ⅝”
on ~ 16 ½ by 10 ¼, signed in pencil on retro. Published in Harold Chapman – Beats A Paris, page 16
Harold Chapman
Paris, Sacre Cœur, 1962 – Priests descending after morning mass.
Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber mounted) 20 by 12″, signed, stamped, titled, dated
(additional hand written Text by Claire Parry: Les petits cures, qui portent du bureau)
Harold Chapman
Versailles, France – Nuns take a Sunday walk in the park. Winter 1964.
Silver Gelatin Print (Fiber mounted) 12 1/2 by 19 1/2″, signed, dated, titled, stamped
We appreciate your interest in the work of Harold Chapman and encourage you to contact us, if you have any questions.
Cordially,
Rolf Goellnitz
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