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From Art Alba Gallery

  1. Crying Chef by Yin Jun, Image 3.

    Yin Jun

    Crying Chef, 2014

    Oil on canvas

    150 x 150 cm

  2. The Lover by Sudjai Chaiyapan, Image 1.

    Sudjai Chaiyapan

    The Lover, 2002

    Oil

    80 x 70 cm

    US$12,000

  3. Metropolis VIII by Mark Andrews-Godwin, Image 1.

    Mark Andrews-Godwin

    Metropolis VIII, 1980

    Mixed Media

    100 x 81 cm

    US$1,000

  4. Portrait 1957 by Chan Chik, Image 3.

    Chan Chik

    Portrait 1957, 1957

    Photograph

    24 x 18 cm

    US$500

  5. Spring Song 1956 by Deng Xuefeng, Image 3.

    Deng Xuefeng

    Spring Song 1956, 1956

    Photograph

    26 x 18 cm

    US$500

  6. Come Down Please! by Chew K C, Image 1.

    Chew K C

    Come Down Please!, 1956

    Photograph

    27 x 13 cm

    US$800

  7. Monolith by Ansel Adams, Image 1.

    Ansel Adams

    Monolith, 1926

    Photograph

    36 x 28 cm

    US$1,500

  8. Moren by Franz Seifert, Image 5.

    Franz Seifert

    Moren, c. 1920

    Bronze

    20 x 10 x 10 cm

    US$1,000

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About the artist

Frederick Korth

German-American

1902-1983

Fred G. Korth was born in Guben, Germany in 1902 and went to school in Berlin. In 1926 he emigrated to Chicago, USA and learned photography. By the end of the 1920s he was a member of the Dearborn Camera Club and his photographs were exhibited in the 1930s in photo salons in the United States and abroad (especially Japan, Vienna and Madrid). In 1932 he opened his own studio in Chicago and worked until the mid 1960s for major American magazines such as 'National Geographic', 'Newsweek', 'Fortune', 'Holiday', 'Look' and 'Popular Mechanics'. He photographed the 1933 World's fair in Chicago and exhibited widely in photographic salons throughout the 1930s. At the same time he worked as an industrial/advertising photographer for large American companies such as US Steel, Quaker Oats, Abbott Laboratories etc. Korth retired in 1965. His work is held in numerous collections in the United states including the J Paul Getty Museum, LA; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; and George Eastman House, Rochester, USA.