Bidspirit auction | Gypsy Ray (1949-2020), Two Gelatin

Gypsy Ray (1949-2020), Two Gelatin Silver Prints - Gypsy Ray (1949-2020), Two Gelatin Silver Prints. Includes Altamont Gardens, signed, titled, and dated 2005 in margin and inscribed ”For Helen who waited for the perfect light!”; and A Stolen Life, signed, titled, and dated 2006 in margin. Gypsy Ray was an American-born photographer and visual artist who later lived and worked in County Kilkenny, Ireland. She was known for documentary photography, portraiture, landscapes, and long-form projects including work on HIV/AIDS. Her photographs have been exhibited at Butler Gallery, which presented a 2015 survey of her work from 1983-2014, and are held in public and private collections including the U.S. Library of Congress, the Wellcome Trust Gallery at the British Museum, and the David Kronn Collection at the Irish Museum of Modern Art. Altamont Gardens unmounted; sheet approximately 15.75H x 12.0W in., image approximately 11.0H x 10.75W in. A Stolen Life unmounted; sheet approximately 16.0H x 12.0W in., image approximately 10.5H x 10.25W in. Provenance: Collection of Helen Wallis, Santa Cruz, California.