A large archive of photographic material from the studio of fashion photographer and antique dealer Roger Prigent (1923-2012), including fashion studies, portraits (including several of notable jazz performers Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie, Barbara Streisand, Johnny Carson, Joe Namuth, Jackie Kennedy Onassis and others;) and advertising material, c. 1950s-1980s, The collection comprises approximately 3,000 gelatin silver prints, a quantity signed in pencil and/ or stamped, in various sizes from 8 x 10in. to 17 x 15in., including many vintage prints, some mounted on board. The archive also includes c. 240 unique color Polaroid test shots (each c. 2 1/2 x 4 1/2in.), a quantity of color snapshots (each c. 3 x 5in.); 50 color contact prints (each 1 1/2 x 1 1/2in.), as well as many 1,000s slides, transparencies and negatives from the period. Also included is a group of 39 unique watercolor sketches by Prigent, a large quantity of ephemera (magazines, tear sheers, a lingerie maquette, display materials, a Roger and Friends rubber stamp, a film reel entitled Paris, Dior, personal correspondence, stationery etc.). Box 1A: Circus, 1962 9 8 x 10in. gelatin silver prints 31 11 x 14in. gelatin silver prints 25 8 x 10in. contact sheets Box 1B: Circus, 1962 approx 20 slides (and additional negatives) c. 27 8 x 10in. gelatin silver contact sheets Box 2: Selected Fashion studies (Men), 1960s-1970s c. 57 11 x 14in. gelatin silver prints, 7 on board (these vintage), some with credit stamp on the verso or on the mount verso Box 3: Revlon shoot, c. 1971-1972c. c. 150 color slides Box 4: Selected fashion studies (including Florida, Puerto Rico etc.) and portraits (including Streisand), 1970s-1990s c. 100 8 x 10in. gelatin silver contact sheets (including a quantity of negatives Box 5 (silver case): Fashion/ Advertising Studies (watch/ jewelry campaign); rabbit and jockey c. 200 17 x 14in. (largest) gelatin silver prints, c. 20 mounted on board, some with credit stamps Box 6: Point O Woods architectural/ design/ landscape studies (Malmaison?), 1980s-1990s c. 20 11 x 14in. gelatin silver prints Family portraits 20 8 x 10in. gelatin silver contact sheets Box 7: Selected fashion images c. 300 color transparencies Box 8: Selected fashion/ advertising/ portraits, 1970s-1990s c. 70 14 x 17in. gelatin silver prints, 5 on board (these vintage) 280 14 x 11in. gelatin silver prints, some with credit stamps, 7 with LOfficiel credit labels. Box 9: Selected fashion images, c. 1990s c.11 11 x 14in. c-prints Box 10: Selected fashion/ advertising studies; and portraits of contemporary celebrities, including, Barbra Streisand, Joanne Woodward, Tom Jones, Johnny Carson and Gina Lollobrigida, 1960s-1980s c. 90 gelatin silver prints, various sizes, 17 x 14in/ 11 x 14in., some signed and/ or with credit stamp on the verso. Box 11: Selected fashion/advertising studies, 1950s-1980s c. 40 x 11 x 14in. gelatin silver prints Boy Scout camp (international gathering), 1960s (?) c.15 10 x 8in. gelatin silver prints Location studies, fashion/ portraits etc., 1960s-1990s c. 30 10 x 8in. gelatin silver prints Box 12: Circus, 1962-1963 c. 50 14 x 11in. gelatin silver prints (occasionally with credit stamp on the verso) c.12 17 x 14in. gelatin silver prints, one on board c. 25 10 x 8in. gelatin silver prints Box 13: Selected fashion, advertising (cigarette campaign), advertising, sporting studies 1960s-1970s c. 30 17 x 14in. gelatin silver prints c. 85 14 x 11in. gelatin silver prints, 3 on board Box 14 (package): Fashion/ advertising/ portrait test shots, 1970s-1980s c. 185 color Polaroids, presumed unique, each c. 3 1/2 x 4 1/4in. c. 50 contact prints, each 1 1/2 x 1 1/2in. Personal photographs - Prigent portraits, party guests etc., 1980s-1990s(?) c. 24 color snapshots Box 15: Fashion studies and misc. personal snapshots, c. 1980s/1990s c. 200 8 x 10in. gelatin silver contact sheets Boxes 16A & B: Selected fashion studies, 1980s/1990s (?) 500 color slides Box 17: Malmaison design objects/ interiors etc., c.1990s c. 1,000 color slides, transparencies, negatives; and c. 15 color snapshots Box 18: Selected fashion/ advertising/ publicity studies, 1970s-1990s c. 100 color slides Box 19: Selected fashion/ advertising/ celebrity portraits Eartha Kitt, Alice Cooper, Tippi Hendren; Denzel Washington (?), Maureen Stapleton, David Niven, Joe Namuth, Maude Adams, Angelica Houston, Diane Von Furstenberg; and several jazz musicians, including Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, and Cab Calloway, 1970s-1990s c. 540 14 x 11in. gelatin silver print, 21 on board, some signed/stamped etc. c. 20 8 x 10in. gelatin silver prints Box 20: Selected fashion/ advertising etc., 1980s-1990s c. 1,000 color slides Box 21: Selected fashion/ advertising studies (including African shoot), 1980s-1990s c. 2,000 transparencies/ slides in various formats and sizes, Studies of Jacqueline Onassis at the United Nations, New York, 1970s/1980s 5 x color slides Box 22: Malmaison: selected studies,1980s-2000s 55 color Polaroids, presumed unique Assortment of slides, negatives, rubber stamp Roger and Friends 9 11 x 14in. gelatin silver prints Box 23A (Blue trunk): Assorted Prigent Studio ephemera from throughout his career, including: Model Agency catalogues Headshots Magazines/ advertisements (featuring Prigents campaigns) Magazine tear-sheets Box of Hairstyle of the Month color prints (c. 200) produced for the National Beauty Service, Chicago (and several poster tubes with NBS address labels) Display materials Framed color portrait of Roger Prigent 39 watercolor sketches completed during travels (some on ship menus) Film reel Paris, Dior Lingerie magazine campaign maquette (paste-up) 23B Portfolio case Selected fashion/ advertising tear sheets/ display materials, 1960s-1980s Box 24: Selected fashion/ advertising (location shots, Florida etc.)/ celebrity portraits (including Lauren Bacall), 1960s-1990s c. 52 14 x 11in. gelatin silver prints c. 100 8 x 10in. gelatin silver prints Box 25: Selected fashion/ advertising/ celebrity portraits (including Barbra Streisand), 1970s-1990s 135 11 x 14in. gelatin silver prints Box 26: Selected fashion/ advertising/ portrait (including sculptor Essie Pingher) and personal studies, 1970s-1980s c. 215 8 x 10in. contact sheets c. 300 negatives 37 8 x 10 gelatin silver prints (including some portraits of RP) Box 27 (Black box/trunk): Ephemera, including various tear sheets/ displays/ TV Guides Box 28: Selected Fashion/ advertising studies, 1970s-1990s A large quantity of color slides and negatives Box 29 (Trunk): Selected fashion/ beauty/ advertising/ Malmaison etc., c. 1970s-1990s c. 100 8 x 10in. gelatin silver contact sheets and negatives c. 1,000 color slides Box 30 (cardboard box): Various fashion studies, etc., 1980s-1990s c. 1,000 slides Box 31A (package) Selected fashion/ advertising/ portrait studies, 1960s-1990s c. 135 gelatin silver prints, c. 8 mounted on board, each 16 1/2 x 13 1/2in., some signed in pencil and/or stamped on the verso or on the mount verso. Box 31B (package) Selected fashion/ advertising (cigarettes/ skiwear, watches etc.), 1960s-1990s c. 120 17 x 14in. gelatin silver prints, c. 5 mounted on board, some signed in pencil and/or stamped on the verso or on the mount verso. c. 40 11 x 14in. gelatin silver prints c. 9 8 x 10in. gelatin silver prints Boxes 32/33: Selected fashion/ advertising studies/ Malmaison, 1980s-1990s c. 250 color slides c. 100 + transparencies and negatives (Malmaison) Box 34 (cardboard box) Selected fashion, advertising studies/ personal images etc., 1970s/1980s c. 1,000 slides + carousel Box 35: Selected Malmaison studies (furnishings/ interiors), 1980s/1990s c. 100 color snapshots c. 250 slides and negatives Box 36A: Selected fashion studies/ portraits c. 80 17 x 14in. gelatin silver prints, 30 mounted on board, some signed/ and or stamped on the verso or on the mount verso Box 36B (items shot for website) Selected fashion studies, portraits of Prigent and Studio, and Jacqueline Onassis, 1960s-1990s 17 c. 17 x 14in. gelatin silver prints, most signed in pencil and/or stamped on the verso 6 c. 5 x 7in. c-prints (Onassis, unsigned) Box 37: Selected fashion studies, early 1980s 1000+ color slides Box 38: Selected fashion/ advertising/ head shots/ portraits (including Lauren Bacall)/ ephemera (letters etc.,) 1970s-1990s c. 100 8 x 10in. gelatin silver contact sheets; and color snapshots Box 39: Selected fashion/ advertising/ Malmaison. Portraits, 1950s-1980s c. 150 11 x 14in. gelatin silver prints, some signed in pencil and/ or stamped c. 100 8 x 10in. gelatin silver contact sheets A quantity of transparencies and negatives Box 40: Malmaison ephemera, cold snapshots and slides, and 2 slide carousels Boxes 41-46: Fashion/ advertising studies, c. 1970s-1990s 1,000+ color slides Box 47: Selected fashion studies and portraits, c. 1960s-1980s c. 75 11 x 14in. gelatin silver prints, some signed and/or stamped Box 48: Ephemera, miscellaneous correspondence, including to Elite Model Agency/ National Beauty Service, Chicago; c. 200 Hairstyle of the Month shots (in NBS labelled tubes) Storage closet (keys on coat stand in Prigent Archive room): Prigents personal library, rolodexes, TV Guides, letterhead stationery etc. The son of a French army officer, Roger Prigent was born in Hanoi, Vietnam in 1923. After learning photography in the French Air Force in World War II, he worked in Paris and then New York where, from the early 1950s to late 1970s, he became a much sought-after fashion photographer, working for major magazines such as Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, McCalls and The Ladies Home Journal. Prigent was a protegé of New York fashion photographer Lillian Bassman and a colleague and devoté of Richard Avedon. Like Avedon, he photographed some the great models of the age including Dovima, Suzy Parker, Lauren Hutton and Maude Adams. He also became noted for his inventive TV Guide covers featuring stars such as Sonny and Cher, Johnny Carson, Dick Cavett, Leslie Uggams as well as also creating album covers for Barbra Streisand, Alice Cooper and other notable musicians. Collecting antiques for use as props in his shoots, Prigent opened Malmaison Antiques in Manhattan in 1978 after receiving a diagnosis of macular degeneration signaled the end of his photography career. Prigent called his store Malmaison after the chateau of Napoleons first wife, Josephine. After a run of several years on 10th Street near Broadway, the store was moved to his town house on East 74th Street where three floors were filled with consoles, nesting tables, secretaries, armchairs, sofas, mirrors, marble busts and other pieces a mecca for interior designers and collectors seeking neo-classical furnishings. A Christie's auction in 2002 dispersed most of the stores inventory, and Mr. Prigent, by then blind, downsized to a penthouse apartment. He died in 2012 after a short illness. A first-hand viewing of this material is also strongly recommended.
Roger Moore signed large album page. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
