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Bill Wittliff (1940-2019) TONED GELATIN SILVER PRINT 'LA VIDA BRINCA'

Sold for $1,300 at Austin Auction Gallery on May 17, 2025.

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Framed toned gelatin silver print on paper, "Mi Pueblo/ My Town," from "La Vida Brinca," signed lower right Bill Wittliff (William Dale Wittliff, American, active in Austin, Texas, 1940-2019), sight: approx 15.25"h, 15"w, overall: 27.25"h, 26.25"w, 8.75lbs **Literature: "La Vida Brinca: a book of tragaluz photographs by Bill Wittliff," University of Texas Press, Austin, 2006, no. 41** **Provenance: From the estate of Connie Todd (Constance Clare Todd, Austin, Texas, 1941-2024). For many years, Connie Todd was the personal assistant to prominent Austin-based book publisher, photographer, and author Bill Wittliff (William Dale Wittliff, American, active in Austin, Texas, 1940-2019). Bill Wittliff wrote celebrated screenplays such as "Lonesome Dove" (1982), "Legends of the Fall" (1994), and "Barbarosa" (2000), and founded the regionally-oriented publishing company, Encino Press, with his wife Sally in 1963. Connie Todd later served as the founding director of the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University from 1997-2010, transforming it into an internationally-acclaimed collection through noteworthy acquisitions such as the Cormac McCarthy archive. After retiring from Texas State, Connie Todd spent time traveling the world with friends and family.**

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