Title
Round
Archival chromogenic print
24 x 18 inches
Estimated Value Range:
$3,500 - $5,000
Starting Bid: $1,750
Bidding increments: $250
Michael Eastman's photograph titled Blue Column is a chromogenic color photograph created in 1993. This piece, also known as Column, Budapest, measures 60 × 48 inches and is part of a limited edition of 7 prints.
Eastman is renowned for his large-scale photographs that capture architectural interiors and facades with painterly precision. His work often explores themes of time, decay, and the beauty found in aging structures. Blue Column exemplifies these themes, showcasing his ability to find serenity and narrative within architectural forms
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Michael Eastman
Michael Eastman has established himself as one of the world's leading contemporary photographic artists. The self-taught photographer has spent five decades documenting interiors and facades in cities as diverse as Havana, Paris, Rome, and New Orleans, producing large-scale photographs unified by their visual precision, monumentality, and painterly use of color. Eastman is most recognized for his explorations of architectural form and the textures of decay, which create mysterious narratives about time and place.
Eastman's photographs have appeared in Time, Life, Art in America, Art News, Art Forum, Communication Arts and American Photographer, and they reside in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the International Center of Photography, The Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and other prestigious institutions. His books include Havana (2011, Prestel), Vanishing America (2008, Rizzoli) and Horses (2003, Knopf).
