Lot 194: Robert Demachy

Robert Demachy
symbolist figure study, 1890s
Gum Bichromate Print,
201 by 126mm
Robert Demachy was amongst the foremost artist photographers of the Secessionist movement in France. His stature was confirmed by Alfred Stieglitz's invitation to feature in Camera Work in 1904. Demachy became a master of the gum bichromate process and in 1904 extended his technique to include G.H. Rawlins' oil pigment process.
Provenance:
La Remise du Parc, Paris, 1980.
Literature:
Bill Jay, Robert Demachy photographs and essays, London, 1974; Allan Porter (editor-in-chief), Camera, Lucerne, December 1974, issue devoted to Demachy.