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Photographs from The Olbricht Collection

Robert Doisneau

Le Baiser de l'Hotel de Ville, Paris 4 e

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Photographs from The Olbricht Collection

Robert Doisneau

1912 - 1994


Le Baiser de l'Hotel de Ville, Paris 4 e

ferrotyped gelatin silver print, the photographer's credit, Black Star, and Agence Rapho stamps on the reverse, framed

image: 9¼ by 7⅛ in. (23.8 by 18.1 cm.)

Executed in 1950, printed circa 1960.

Hamiltons, London

Collection of Gert Elfering

Christie's New York, 20th Century Photographs: The Elfering Collection, 10 October 2005, Lot 84

Acquired from the above by the present owner

"Speaking of Pictures: In Paris Young Lovers Kiss Everywhere", LIFE, 12 June 1950, pp. 16-7

Robert Doisneau, Photographs, London 1980, p. 33

Robert Doisneau, Robert Doisneau, trois secondes d'éternité, Paris 1984, p. 33

Un Certain Robert Doisneau, Éditions du Chêne 1986, p. 31

Yoshitomo Kajikawa, ed., Robert Doisneau, Kyoto 1987, ch.2, no. 1

Peter Hamilton, Robert Doisneau: Retrospective, New York 1992, cover and p. 25

Peter Hamilton, Robert Doisneau: A Photographer's Life, New York 1995, p. 143 

Ned Rifkin, Chorus of Light: Photographs from the Sir Elton John Collection, Atlanta: High Museum of Art 2000, p. 102

Hans-Michael Koetzle, Photo Icons: The Story Behind the Pictures, 1928-1991, vol. 2, Cologne 2002, pp. 72-3

Jean-Claude Gautrand, Robert Doisneau 1912-1994, Cologne 2003, cover and p. 122

Tom Ang, Photography: The Definitive Visual History, London 2014, pp. 210-1