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Nickolas Muray
photography

Nickolas Muray was an internationally renowned, New York based portrait photographer during the 1920's through the 1940's. In addition to notable portraits of American celebrities such as Greta Garbo and Babe Ruth, Nickolas also photographed famous Mexican artists of the day including Miguel Covarrubias, Diego Rivera, and Frida Kahlo. Nickolas and Frida developed a ten year love affair during which time he took many iconic photographs of Frida, as well as many that remained undiscovered until 1991.

That year, Mimi Muray-Levitt persuaded her brother Christopher to go through several suitcases of their father's belongings that lay in a garage here in Moab, Utah where Christoper currently resides. It was here that they unearthed several before unpublished negatives of the iconic painter and former lover of their father. Limited addition silver prints have been made from the negatives, while some of the more classic images have been reproduced as both platinum prints and carbon pigment transfers.