Be Bold with Bananas
2015 · Artist's book with digitally printed bookplate
sheet (bookplate): 4 × 6" (10.1 × 15.2 cm); overall (book, closed): 9 11/16 × 7 1/8 × 1/2" (24.6 × 18.1 × 1.2 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Martin Parr
British, 1952
PhotographyContemporary
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60
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122
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Martin Parr is a British photographer known for his saturated color work documenting everyday life and consumer culture across the postwar period. Working primarily in color film from the 1970s onward, his photographs capture the mundane details of ordinary people in domestic and public spaces, often with a deadpan formal precision that exposes the absurdities of routine existence. His work oscillates between anthropological observation and subtle social critique, treating shopping, leisure, and family rituals as sites of visual and cultural interest. Parr was a member of Magnum Photos from 1994 onward.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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| Work | Auction House | Date | Estimate | Hammer Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artsy | May 2025 | £1,000 – £2,000 | Unsold |
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