Photographs from the Private Collection of Margaret W. Weston

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Lot 81
  • 81

Emmanuel Sougez 1889-1972

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Emmanuel Sougez
  • STILL LIFE (GLASSWARE WITH ORANGE)
warm-toned, the photographer's blindstamp in the image, his credit/reproduction rights stamp, a 'Pawel Barchan' studio stamp, and annotated '(Ed. - Arts et Metiers Graphiques)' and 'Editeurs, Paris' (marked out) in an unidentified hand in blue ink, and with notations in an unidentified hand in ink (marked out) on the reverse, matted, 1931

Literature

Photographie (Arts et Metiers Graphique, 1931), pl. 71, p. 75 (likely this print)

Catalogue Note

A champion of straight photography, influential critic and photographer Emmanuel Sougez founded the French photographic movement, Photographie Pure, which held ideals similar to Group f.64.  Using a large-format camera, he was known for his contact prints of still life, sculpture, and nudes.

The Pawel Barchan studio was a photography agency in Paris that operated prior to World War II.  The Barchan studio stamp indicates that the present print was made for commercial purposes.