ALEX HARRIS
in the land of The Inuit & Yupik, Alaska 1973-1978

We are delighted to announce that we have now expanded the exhibition of Alex Harris’ iconic Alaska photographs to include nine additional works. A print of the second photograph was acquired by MoMA in 1979 but the negative was misplaced and has only now been rediscovered, allowing us to add it to the exhibition.
In addition to the archival pigmented inkjet prints, several of these works are also available as rare vintage silver prints.
The representation of this body of work is a natural for us, having long admired these photos from an artist who is also the focus of an illuminating video conversation in our blog section.

Alex Harris’ work has been exhibited in numerous museums and gallery shows, and is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum and many others.
These photos were taken between 1973 and 1978 when Alex lived with the Inuit people in the remote Kobuk River Region, and the Yupik people of the Southern Bering Sea Coast.
We invite you to listen to our conversation about Alex’s life in these lands.
Many of these photos were published in 1978 by the New York Graphic Society in a book titled “The Last and First Eskimos”, Alex’s photos accompanying the writing of renowned child psychiatrist Dr. Robert Coles.
A number of these photos have now entered our collective consciousness. Though Alex’s mission was to document life in these villages, his work transcends documentation.
These are offered for the first time in thirty years. Each photo is printed on acid-free fine art paper by the archival pigmented inkjet method, a process with extraordinary archival durability. Each of the prints on offer is signed by the artist and is from a numbered limited edition of 10. We are honored to have the opportunity to present these rare works from Alex’s private collection.
Please inquire for further details.