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Shunk, Harry


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    • Schunk, Harry
    • Schunke, Harry

  • Additional Information

    • Birth Date

        1924-10-04

    • Death Date

        2006-06-26

    • Birth Place

        Reudnitz (Leipzig, Germany)

    • Birth Place

        Trieste (Italy)

    • Associated Locale

        New York (N.Y.)

    • Field of Activity

      Photography


    • Occupation

      Photographers

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  • Sources

    • found: Christo, valley curtain, c1973:t.p. (Harry Shunk)
    • found: LC in OCLC, 10/21/94(hdg.: Shunk, Harry)
    • found: Times (London), July 22, 2006, via Times online WWW site, Apr. 22, 2013(Harry Shunk, photographer of the Nouveau réaliste movement who later captured Christo's spectacular environmental works; b. Oct. 4, 1924, Trieste; settled in Paris, 1957; collaborated with Janos (or John) Kender for almost 20 years; later active in New York art scene; d. June 26, 2006, aged 81)
    • found: Klein, Y. Dimanche, 27 novembre, 1960:p. 1 (in photo caption: Shunk-Kender)
    • found: ULAN, Apr. 22, 2013(Shunk, Harry (German photographer, 1924-2006; b. Trieste, Italy; variant name: Schunke, Harry)
    • found: DNB in VIAF, Apr. 22, 2013(Shunk, Harry; variant names: Schunk, Harry; Schunke, Harry; b. Reudnitz (Leipzig, Germany); other sources have Trieste; b. 1924 (other sources have 1942), d. 2006; from 1957 to 1973, collaborated with Janos Kender; works from this period often signed Shunk-Kender) - http://d-nb.info/gnd/124072151
    • found: New York times, Aug. 11, 2012, via WWW, Apr. 22, 2013(Harry Shunk, born Schunke; photographer who worked with some of the great artists of the late 20th century; his body discovered in his West Village (New York, N.Y.) apartment in 2006; born in 1924 in Germany, he migrated to Paris in the 1950s, where he and his partner János Kender became photographers for members of the New Realist movement)
    • found: Roy Lichtenstein Foundation Photography Archives Web site, Apr. 22, 2013(The foundation's Harry Shunk Archive is comprised of two collections of photographic material; the Shunk-Kender Photography Collection contains the work of Harry Shunk and János (Jean) Kender as a collaborative team; the Harry Shunk Photography Collection contains the work of Harry Shunk as an individual. From 1958 to 1973, Shunk partnered with Kender, during which time they formally credited their photography as "Shunk-Kender." Shunk and Kender left Paris for Canada in 1967 and then relocated to New York City. Their creative partnership was formally dissolved in late 1973 with Shunk retaining the photographic archive. Shunk, whose name was spelled variously Schunk and Schunke, was born on October 4, 1924, in Reudnitz (near Leipzig) Germany; died June 26, 2006 at age 81 in his home and studio in New York) - http://www.rlfphotoarchives.org/about.html

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  • Change Notes

    • 1994-10-21: new
    • 2015-05-19: revised

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