Lot 81: Emmanuel Sougez 1889-1972 , still life (glassware with orange)

warm-toned, the photographer's blindstamp in the image, his credit/reproduction rights stamp, a 'Pawel Barchan' studio stamp, and annotated '(Ed. - Arts et Metiers Graphiques)' and 'Editeurs, Paris' (marked out) in an unidentified hand in blue ink, and with notations in an unidentified hand in ink (marked out) on the reverse, matted, 1931

measurements note 14 3/4 by 10 7/8 in. (37.5 by 27.7 cm.)

Photographie
(Arts et Metiers Graphique,
1931), pl. 71, p. 75 (likely this print)

A champion of straight photography, influential critic and photographer Emmanuel Sougez founded the French photographic movement, Photographie Pure , which held ideals similar to Group f.64. Using a large-format camera, he was known for his contact prints of still life, sculpture, and nudes. The Pawel Barchan studio was a photography agency in Paris that operated prior to World War II. The Barchan studio stamp indicates that the present print was made for commercial purposes.