Photographs, Including Works from the Collection of Ernesto Esposito
Photographs, Including Works from the Collection of Ernesto Esposito
Sasha Stone
'25 Nus Femmes'
Lot Closed
November 16, 11:56 AM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Sasha Stone
1895 - 1940
'25 Nus Femmes'
(Brussels: Self-Published under Editions Internationales Stone, circa 1933), a portfolio of 25 gelatin silver prints, each signed SASHA STONE and one signed CAMI STONE in red ink on the image, each with the photographer’s studio/copyright/reproduction rights stamp, annotated ‘Farole 27’ and numbered in red ink, on the reverse, circa 1933. Folio, beige linen portfolio with flaps and metal hooks, with stamped credit, the title page affixed to the back cover, signed twice and inscribed 'To [redacted] great artist I dedicate this humble werk [sic] July 1936' in ink and editioned ‘27’ in red ink
images: each 39.5 by 29.5 cm (15½ by 11⅝ in.) or the reverse
Collection of Jan Van Holder (1908-1980), known as Holderius, professor and artist, Belgium
By descent to the present owner
Sasha Stone immigrated to New York from Russia in 1913, served in the American military during World War I, and pursued art education in Paris where he met his wife Cami Stone, prompting them to settle down in Berlin and open a photography studio, Atelier Stone. Sasha Stone was influenced by the New Objectivity movement in Berlin in the 1920s, adopting stylistic elements such as stark contrast, geometric influence, and an emphasis on perspective, all features of images within his portfolio 25 Nus Femmes, published under ‘Editions Internationales Stone’. Several photographs from 25 Nus Femmes were published by the French magazine Arts et Métiers Graphique in 1933. While Sasha and Cami Stone were featured in exhibitions along well-known artists of Berlin in the 1920s, Sasha’s premature death and a lack of archival preservation have made their photographs difficult to find.
A complete '25 Nus Femmes' portfolio has come to auction only once in recent years. This portfolio once belonged to Belgian artist Holderius, and features a personal note to the artist handwritten by Sasha Stone.