French Twist: Masterworks of photography from Atget to Man Ray
This groundbreaking show features 100 rare vintage prints from the golden age of French photography, 1900-1940. Et quelle variété! From the lyrical architectural views of Atget to the Surrealist inventions of Man Ray and Dora Maar, from the boyish wonder of Jacques Henri Lartigue to the crepuscular moodiness of Brassaï, from the elegant still lifes of André Kertész to the sophisticated street theater of Henri Cartier-Bresson and Ilse Bing, all major facets of French photography are surveyed and celebrated.
Man Ray, Erotique Voilée (Meret Oppenheim in Louis Marcoussis' studio), 1933
Ilse Bing, Champs-de-Mar from the Eiffel Tower, 1931
Man Ray, Portrait of Dora Maar, 1936
André Kertész, Chez Mondrian, 1926
Eugène Atget, Boulevard de Strasbourg, Corsets, 1912
André Kertész, Mondrian’s Pipe and Glasses, Paris, 1926
Eugène Atget, Grand Trianon, Versailles, 1924-25
Eugène Atget, Nymphaeas, Versailles, ca. 1910
Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Anna La Pradvina with Chichi and Gogo, avenue du Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 1911
Lisette Model, French gambler, Promenade des Anglais, Nice, 1934
Man Ray, Lee Miller and friend, ca. 1930
Brassaï, Courtesans in a bar, Blvd Rochechouart, Montmartre, ca. 1932
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sunday on the banks of the Marne, 1938
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Hyères
Ilse Bing, Cancan dancers, Moulin Rogue, 1931
Number of photographs: 100
Frame sizes: from 14x18 inches to 22x28 inches
Rental fee: $25,000 for eight weeks plus shipping and insurance. Additional weeks are 10 percent per week.
A more focused PARIS ONLY version of this exhibition is also available, French Twist: Master Photographs of Paris from the 1920s-1930s.
Number of photographs: 60. Rental Fee: $15,000 for eight weeks plus shipping and insurance. Additional weeks are 10 percent per week.