Lot 37
  • 37

Robert Doisneau (1912 - 1994)

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Robert Doisneau
  • A group of twelve photographs, 1945-57
  • photographs
Twelve silver prints, printed 1980s. Each print signed in felt tip pen in the lower right margin. On the reverse each monogrammed and titled in felt tip pen.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the photographer in the 1980s.

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Condition

In generally excellent condition. Some prints with slightly bumped corners away from the images. With occasional spots of retouching. One print with a light vertical surface scratch in the upper right quadrant only visible in raking light. The photographs in this lot are: Le Petit Balcon, 1953 Le Fox-Terrier sur le Pont des Arts, 1953 Les Enfants de la Place Hérbert, 1957 Les Glaneurs de Charbon, 1945 L'Enfer, 1952 Les Animaux Supérieurs, 1954 Picasso et Françoise Gilot, 1952 Giacometti dans son Atelier, 1957 La Concierge aux Lunettes, 1945 Le Manège de Monsieur Barré, 1955 Midi à la Fonderie Rudier, 1949 Un Regard Oblique, 1948
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Catalogue Note

Le Petit Balcon, 1953
Le Fox-Terrier sur le Pont des Arts, 1953
Les Enfants de la Place Hérbert, 1957
Les Glaneurs de Charbon, 1945
L'Enfer, 1952
Les Animaux Supérieurs, 1954
Picasso et Françoise Gilot, 1952
Giacometti dans son Atelier, 1957
La Concierge aux Lunettes, 1945
Le Manège de Monsieur Barré, 1955
Midi à la Fonderie Rudier, 1949
Un Regard Oblique, 1948