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Lot 138
  • 138

Robert Doisneau, 1912-1994

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Description

  • Robert Doisneau
  • Model Car (in front of the Eiffel Tower), 1938
  • 180 by 243mm
Silver Print, with the photographer's 'Photo/Robert Doisneau/Alé 35-39/46 Place Jules Ferry 46/ Montrouge Seine/C. Chèques Postaux. Paris 395.795. RM:68.987'  wetstamp on the reverse, also captioned in pencil 'Modèle en...[illegible] en 1938', dated '1938' in pencil, annotated 'No. 2' in ink and numbered '10,681' in pencil on the reverse,

Catalogue Note

The concept car and the man standing behind it could all be from a Doisneau photograph of the 1950s; that is, until you spy the vehicles in the distance. This is pre-war Paris and the concept car is an impressively prescient design for the car of the future.