Prints and correspondence by photographer David Vestal, 1940s-2007
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David Vestal studied painting at the Art Institute of Chicago, but took up photography during the late 1940s after moving to New York, where he shot the majority of his street photography and cityscapes.
Vestal was included in eight exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where his work is included in its collections and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago. He was the recipient of Guggenheim Fellowships in 1966 and 1973.
A lifelong educator, he taught at Parsons School of Design, the School of Visual Arts, and at Pratt Institute, and also gave numerous lectures and workshops around the country. He was also the author of several books on photography.
[Source: dealer description on E-Bay, viewed January 9, 2023]
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