Gitterman Gallery

Gitterman Gallery Art Gallery Gitterman Gallery is committed to presenting great art in photography.

We have over 30 years of experience in the field and specialize in connoisseur level photographs. In addition to representing artists, estates and private collections, we maintain an inventory of selective work that spans the history of the medium in a full range of styles and periods. We have fine examples of work by established artists and we also champion artists that have been overlooked by th

e history of the medium. We are available for guidance in establishing or developing a collection as well as buying or selling at auction.

Dieter Appelt b. March 2, 1935
03/03/2025

Dieter Appelt b. March 2, 1935

Dieter Appelt b. March 3, 1935
03/03/2025

Dieter Appelt b. March 3, 1935

Constantin Brâncuși, born February 19, 1876View of the Studio, 1923 Vintage gelatin silver print, 12 x 15 3/8 in. (30.5 ...
02/19/2025

Constantin Brâncuși, born February 19, 1876
View of the Studio, 1923
Vintage gelatin silver print, 12 x 15 3/8 in. (30.5 x 39 cm)

Last day SATURDAY January 11 Luis González Palma: Early Work Un Lugar Sin Reposo [A Place Without Rest], 1991Vintage gel...
01/10/2025

Last day SATURDAY January 11
Luis González Palma: Early Work

Un Lugar Sin Reposo [A Place Without Rest], 1991
Vintage gelatin silver prints with bitumen, 19 1/2 x 77 1/2 in. (49.5 x 196.8 cm)

Happy Holidays! The Gallery will be closed December 24–26 and January 1.Luis González Palma, La Rosa [The Rose], 1989 ...
12/19/2024

Happy Holidays! The Gallery will be closed December 24–26 and January 1.

Luis González Palma, La Rosa [The Rose], 1989

Luis González Palma, Esperame en el Cielo [Await me in Heaven], 1991-1995Vintage gelatin silver prints with bitumen and ...
12/10/2024

Luis González Palma, Esperame en el Cielo [Await me in Heaven], 1991-1995
Vintage gelatin silver prints with bitumen and mixed media, 53 x 19 1/2 in. (134.6 x 49.5 cm)

Luis González Palma: Early Work

OPEN TODAY (Saturday) Luis González Palma: Early Work Nino Sol [Sun Boy], 1994
11/30/2024

OPEN TODAY (Saturday) Luis González Palma: Early Work

Nino Sol [Sun Boy], 1994

OPENING TODAY | Luis González Palma: Early Work |Saturday November 16La fragil imagen del dolor [The Fragile Image of Gr...
11/16/2024

OPENING TODAY | Luis González Palma: Early Work |Saturday November 16

La fragil imagen del dolor [The Fragile Image of Grief], 1990/95
Vintage gelatin silver prints with bitumen and mixed media, 57 x 19 1/2 in. (144.8 x 49.5 cm)

OPENING SATURDAY | Luis González Palma: Early Work | Nov 16, 2024 – Jan 11, 2025Gitterman Gallery is proud to present an...
11/15/2024

OPENING SATURDAY | Luis González Palma: Early Work | Nov 16, 2024 – Jan 11, 2025

Gitterman Gallery is proud to present an exhibition of early work (1989-1997), from the secondary market, by the Guatemalan artist Luis González Palma (b. 1957).

During his early career, Luis González Palma made portraits of Guatemalan people of Mayan or mixed Mayan descent to honor their heritage and bring attention to the discrimination and exclusion they faced. In the process, he gained a greater understanding of his own mestizo ancestry. González Palma explains that “…having lived in a country ravaged by more than thirty years of armed conflict…[t]he subject of fear, loneliness, emptiness and absence are deeply embedded in my work.” (see interview with Alasdair Forester)

González Palma uses Christian iconography as well as social and cultural symbolism to create his own lexicon which alludes to universal themes of life and death, fate, spirituality, and mysticism. Through the poignant gaze of his subjects, especially present in these works, González Palma engages the viewer as he honors Mayan identity and acknowledges the complex social history of Guatemala. He also implies that this is one history of many in which humans trespass against their fellow humans.

Though González Palma photographed with black and white film and printed these images as gelatin silver prints, he used various additional processes and techniques including toning, collage, and painting with bitumen and asphaltum. Some are collaged with red ribbons to symbolize a bloodline; others have pages from biblical texts. Some have handling marks, and sometimes scratches, cuts and folds. The collage and handwork emphasize the physical dimension of each piece. They are not pristine photographic prints that suture us into a specific narrative but rather objects with textures from human touch that engage us as poetic evidence.

Luis González Palma’s primary representative in the United States is

Last day, Saturday, November 2,11-6 More Avant-GardeLaure Albin-Guillot, Brazilin (Brazilwood II), 1931Vintage Fresson p...
11/01/2024

Last day, Saturday, November 2,11-6
More Avant-Garde

Laure Albin-Guillot, Brazilin (Brazilwood II), 1931
Vintage Fresson print

Last week of exhibition. Francois Kollar, Untitled, c. 1933
10/31/2024

Last week of exhibition.

Francois Kollar, Untitled, c. 1933

Daniel Masclet, Les yeux ouverts and Les yeux clos, 1929These photographs by Masclet are believed to be of the French a...
10/19/2024

Daniel Masclet, Les yeux ouverts and Les yeux clos, 1929

These photographs by Masclet are believed to be of the French actress, playwright, and novelist, Odette Joyeaux, made very early in her career, most likely while she was still studying dance at the Paris Opera Ballet. It is remarkable how she looks more alive with her eyes closed. With her eyes open she resembles a mannequin, and the photograph becomes surreal. The two together allude to the Surrealists’ dedication to unleashing the expression of the subconscious, for them, a state of being beyond merely awake or asleep.

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