Myron Wood

Marksheffel Motor Co Building, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Listing No: 12770

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Artwork Info

FAE Listing No:
12770
Artist:
Myron Wood (1921-1999)
Title:
Marksheffel Motor Co Building, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Date of Work:
1956
Signature:
Signed in pencil on mount at low right, and on verso.
Signature Notes:
Verso also includes (pr.1980) M.W.
Where Produced:
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Presentation:
Mounted to Paper Support

Artwork Medium

Type:
Photography
Sub Type:
B&W
Medium:
Gelatin Silver
Support:
on Photo Paper
Medium Notes:
Printed by Myron Wood in 1980.

Edition

Number Available:
1

Artwork Size & Weight

Primary:
10.25 x 13 in (Sight Size)
Outer Dimensions:
16 x 19 in.
Size Notes:
This photograph was dry mounted by the Artist's assistant on an acid-free board measuring 16 x 19 inches.

Artwork Surface

Texture:
Flat
Surface Reflectivity:
Even - Gloss

Artwork Condition

Condition:
Excellent Condition.

Artwork Provenance

Collection:
Andy and Beckie Reisberg
Provenance:
Acquired directly from Myron Wood in his home in Colorado Springs, CO. The Pikes Peak Library District, Colorado Springs Colorado, now owns the complete Myron Wood Archives, including personal papers, vintage prints, negatives and all copyrights.

About this Piece

Facade detail of the Marksheffel Motor Company building on the corner of Kiowa and Cascade streets in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The garage was 46,000 square feet and the largest building of its kind in the U.S. when built in 1908.

Date of negative:1956 / Date of print by Myron Wood:1980.

About the Artist

Born in Wilson, Oklahoma, Myron Wood abandoned a career as a classical pianist in 1946, attended The Progressive School of Photography in New Haven, CT for two years and then moved to Colorado Springs, CO. He spent the remaining 53 years of his life in Colorado as an independent photographer.

Known for his lyrical interpretations of the cultures and landscapes of the Southwest, diverse geographic subjects and Weston-inspired straight photography recur throughout the history of his work.


ARTIST STATEMENT

“Writers taught me how to see. Painters and photographers didn’t teach me how to see. Writers taught me how to observe. Bach taught me how to think through his music. Every time you think you know what he’s going to do next, he does something brilliant and unbelievable. It’s a constant working on a theme, which he expands and uses. Pure genius. I learned about design from painters, musicians and writers.

So, I became a photographer after an early life as a musician and found to my surprise that I hadn’t wasted a minute. The same words are used – tone, line, ensemble, balance – and all the things I thought about and used in music were, across the board, related to photography. I also discovered becoming well equipped in a number of art forms is very important. It allows you to more easily move in your own art form.” Myron Wood, 1993

from an interview with Journeys Magazine, Colorado Springs, CO, Fall 1993

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