Lot n° 55
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Berenice ABBOTT (1898-1982)
Portrait of Jacques-André Boiffard, ca. 1925
Original gelatin-silver print, pencil signed "Berenice" into a heart on the print
22 x 14,8 cm
Portrait of Jacques-André Boiffard, ca. 1925
Original gelatin-silver print, pencil signed "Berenice" into a heart on the print 8.67 x 5.83 inch.
Note:
Berenice Abbott had met Man Ray for the first time in New York in 1920. She was then a sculptor, and he made a portrait of her (thanks to which he won his first photography prize). She moved to Paris in April 1921 and met Man Ray again in 1923, when he was already a very successful portrait painter. "Starving" according to Man Ray, she became his assistant to survive. She knew nothing about photography at the time. Two years later, she opened her own portrait studio. Man Ray introduced her to Eugène Atget, whose work had a profound effect on her. Returning to the United States in 1929, she began to work as a reporter and made a systematic portrait of New York inspired by Atget, whose collection she had bought (which she then developed in the United States).
In 1924, a second assistant joined Man Ray's studio: Jacques-André Boiffard, who worked with him until 1929 (when Lee Miller arrived).
This photograph was probably taken when the two young men were working together at Man Ray's studio.
Berenice Abbott met Man Ray for the first time in New York in 1920. At the time she was a sculptor, and he made a portrait of her (for which he won his initial first prize for photography). She moved to Paris in April 1921 and met Man Ray again in 1923, when he was already a successful portrait artist.
"Starving" according to Man Ray, she became his assistant to make ends meet. She knew nothing about photography at the time. Two years later, she opened her own portrait studio. Man Ray introduced her to Eugène Atget, whose work had a profound effect on her. Back in the United States in 1929, she started to work in journalism and photographed the city of New York inspired by Atget, whose collection she had bought (and later promoted in the United States).
In 1924, a second assistant joined Man Ray's studio: Jacques-André Boiffard, who worked with him until 1929 (when Lee Miller arrived).
This photograph was probably taken when the two young men were working together at Man Ray's studio.
Provenance:
Collection Edmonde et Lucien Treillard, Paris
Bibliography:
C. Chéroux and D. Amao, Jacques-André Boiffard, la parenthèse surréaliste, Centre Pompidou, Xavier Barral, 2014, p. 27 (this copy).
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