Jacques-Henri Lartigue

2 photographs, Combegrasse, Puy de Dome, and Renée Perle, each signed, framed, 1922-31, printed later (2)

Acquired by the present owner from Staley Wise Gallery, New York, 1999, and Peter Fetterman Gallery, Santa Monica, 1999

MoMA, unpaginated; Goldberg, p. 108; Diary of a Century, pp. 187-88; Lartigue, cover and pl. 50

'Combegrasse, Puy de Dome,' on double-weight paper with a light surface sheen, is in generally excellent condition. Visible in raking light are tiny deposits of retouching and extremely faint sunning to the area immediately surrounding the image. Along the upper edge on the reverse are a one-inch remnant and a one-inch loss from tape adhesive. Also on the reverse, 'JHL/1012' and 'JHL-17' are written in an unidentified hand in pencil. 'Renée Perle,' on double-weight paper with a matte surface, is in generally excellent condition.
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The full catalogue information for this lot is as follows:

2 photographs, comprising Combegrasse, Puy de Dome, and Renée Perle, each signed by the photographer in ink and one with his copyright blindstamp in the margin, each matted, framed, 1922-31, printed later (2)