David Seymour Sophia Loren At Her Home Rome Italy Limited Edition Magnum Photograph Print

DAVID SEYMOUR

"Sophia Loren at Her Home. Rome, Italy, 1955"
Museum Quality Limited Edition Digital C-Print
from Magnum Square Print Sale 2022, "NOW"

Stamped with an Estate Signature (not a live signature)

Comes with a Charles Scott Gallery Certificate of Authenticity

Magnum Photos is an international photographic cooperative owned by its photographer-members, with offices in New York City, Paris, London and Tokyo. It was founded in Paris in 1947.  This gorgeous piece of photographic art was sold during their "Now" sale, in cooperation with The Photographers' Gallery that was held for seven days in October of 2022.  Prints were limited in number to only the prints sold during these seven days (though not physically numbered).      

Format: Digital C-Print
Paper Size: 6 x 6 in (15.24 x 15.24 cm), Image Size: 5.5 in (14 cm) on the longest side.
Material: Printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Matte paper.  All supporting materials (label, etc.) are archival, i.e. acid-free and will not damage the print or affect its longevity.  
Edition: Limited to quantity sold over 7 days in October, 2022
Unsigned, Un-numbered: Estate Signature stamp on back label

“Chim’s early work in France and the Spanish Civil War established his reputation as a world-leading photojournalist. After World War II, he achieved greater recognition for his photographs of war orphans forUNESCO. When Hollywood studios expanded their filmmaking in Europe, Chim was a frequent choice to take portraits of leading actors including Audrey Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, Fred Astaire, Kirk Douglas, and Sophia Loren.
“Chim tells the story of his encounter with 20-year-old Loren: ‘I photographed Sophia in 1955, a budding actress. We talked over the phone and I explained what I wanted. She invited me over for a Sunday early-morning meeting; I found her in bed, in a dark blue negligee, although she was talking on the phone. She got up and changed. We went to a covered balcony in her apartment and I had nothing else to do but record a stream of poses, which somehow met my memory of wartime pin-ups. All this was done with a touch of irony and maliciousness.’”
— Ben Shneiderman, David (Chim) Seymour’s nephew

David Seymour (born Dawid Szymin; (November 20, 1911 – November 10, 1956), or Chim (pronounced shim, an abbreviation of the surname "Szymin"), was a Polish photographer and photojournalist. Chim was known for his images from the Spanish Civil War, for co-founding Magnum Photos with Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa and George Rodger, and for his project "Children of War" with UNICEF that captured the plight of children in the aftermath of World War II. He became president of Magnum after Capa's death in 1954 and held this post until his own death in 1956 by Egyptian machine gun fire in the aftermath of the Suez crisis.
His photographs are in the collections of the National Gallery of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, the Library of Congress and more.

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