Women Photographers in 1920s – 1930s Paris
May 31 – August 2, 2013
Claude CAHUN (1894-1959)
Rendent hélas éternels [Alas Rendered Eternals], c. 1936
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1936
Mounted on brown stock. Titled on recto; signed on mount verso
(P1482CC)
florence henri (1893-1985)
Portrait Composition, 1930-1935
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1935
Signed in pencil on print verso
(P1481FH)
Germaine KRULL (1897-1985)
Harbor at Saint Malo, France, 1926
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1926
Signed, titled and dated with “aus Metal 1927, A. Cavalas, Paris”
and other notations in pencil on print verso.
(P1464GK)
Denise BELLON (1902-1999)
Bousbir Bordelo, Casablanca, Morocco, c. 1940
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1940
Ferrotyped. Titled in pencil with artist’s stamp on print verso.
(P1447DB)
Germaine KRULL (1897-1985)
Untitled (women on stage, Paris), 1929
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1929
Photographer’s stamp on print verso
(P1452GK)
Dora MAAR (1907-1997)
Untitled (car and lamp posts), 1930
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1930
Velox paper. Estate stamp and notations in pencil on print verso.
(P1454DM)
Berenice ABBOTT (1898-1991)
Jean Cocteau, c. 1927
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1927
Warm toned matt paper. Anotated "Document appartenant a Pierre Cabanne"
(French art historian 1921-2007) in ink on print verso.
(P1479BA)
Ilse BING (1899-1998)
French Cancan, Moulin Rouge, Paris, 1931
Gelatin silver print printed c. 1941
Warm toned matt surface paper. Signed and dated in ink on print recto;
signed, titled and dated in pencil on print verso.
(P1449IB)
Rogi ANDRE (Rosa Klein) (1900-1970)
Chaim Soutine in Death, Paris, 1943
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1943
Signed and titled "Paris" in ink on mount recto.
(P1455RA)
Ilse BING (1899-1998)
The Honorable Daisy Fellowes, Harper's Bazaar, 1933
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1933
Agfa Brovira print hinged to album page. Signed and dated in pencil on print recto
with artist stamp. “Hat by Reboux” and various notations in pencil on print verso in unknown hand.
(P1450IB)
Ilse BING (1899-1998)
Eiffel Tower, 1931
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1931
Warm toned matte surface paper hinged to period mount;
photographer's "Foto/Ilse Bing" stamp on mount recto.
(P0284IB)
Laure ALBIN GUILLOT (1879-1962)
Le Pont des Arts, 1930s
Print on matt textured paper.
Signed in black pencil on print recto;
other notations in pencil in different hands on print verso.
(P1480AG)
Ergy LANDAU (1896-1967)
Le Petit Garcon au Berlin- Paris, 1931
Gelatin silver print with pencil and colored pencil
Signed and dated on print recto, signed on print verso.
(P1493EL)
Dora MAAR (1907-1997)
Little Boy Looking in Funeral Store Window, (Paris), 1930
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1930
Photographer's "Kefer-Dora Maar - Mention Obligatoire 45 Bis Bd
Richard Wallace Neuilly Sur Seine" stamp and artist’s Estate stamp on print verso.
Germaine KRULL (1897-1985)
Untitled (woman in a slip), 1929
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1929
Print and image size: 9 3/8 x 7 inches
Artist’s Paris copyright stamp and notations in pencil on print verso.
(P1451GK)
Denise BELLON (1902-1999)
African Woman with Headdress with Coins, 1938
Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1938
Ferrotyped. Artist’s stamp with negative number written in,
”Commissaire General à L’Information” and APP stamps on print recto.
(P1448DB)
Madame D’ORA (1881-1960)
Mme. Mariette Lydis, Illustrator, 1927
Gelatin silver print, printed 1927
Mount size: 15 1/8 x 10 3/8 inches
Print size: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
Mounted on cream colored paper.
Artist’s blindstamp in image and on mount recto. Artist’s stamp on mount verso.
(P1479DK)