Lot 81: EMMANUEL SOUGEZ 1889-1972

'LA SOIE'

measurements note
14 3/8 by 9 7/8 in. (36.5 by 25.2 cm.)

warm-toned, the photographer's blindstamp in the image, his credit/reproduction rights stamp, a 'Pawel Barchan' studio stamp, and titled in blue crayon and annotated 'Publicite' and with numerical notations in unidentified hands in pencil on the reverse, matted, circa 1935

PROVENANCE

The photographer to the Pawel Barchan photo agency, Paris

Estate of Pawel Barchan

Alain Paviot/Galerie Octant, Paris

Acquired by the Gilman Paper Company from the above, 1987

NOTE

A champion of straight photography, Emmanuel Sougez founded the French photographic movement Photographie Pure, which held ideals similar to Group f.64. In the 1930s, he was a mentor to Dora Maar (see Lot 29), guiding her through the beginning stages of her career.

The Pawel Barchan studio was a photography agency in Paris that operated prior to World War II. The Barchan studio stamp, along with the inscription 'Publicite,' indicate that the present print was made for commercial purposes.