Lot no. 2036
Robert Doisneau
Le Regard oblique. Vitrine de Romi, Paris
1948
6 Vintages. Gelatin silver prints
4 photos each signed in black ink and annotated: „Photo Doisneau" on the reverse. 2 photos each with photographer's stamp: „46 PLACE JULES FERRY 46. MONTROUGE-SEINE, PHOTO ROBERT DOISNEAU, ALÉ 35-59, C.CHÉQUES POSTAUX . PARIS 395.795. R.H: 68.987", 5 photos each with agency and copyright stamp: „[...] RAPHO, AGENCE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE, 8, Rue d' Alger - Paris - Opéra 42-78 [...]". Each with „USED IN LIFE" and „RETURN TO TIME, INC. FILE" stamps on the reverse, 5 photos additionally with publication stamp „MAY 23 1949" and return date stamp: „JUL 25 1949". Each inscribed and numbered by various hands in pencil, blue, orange and black crayon on the reverse
7 3/4 × 7 in. until 8 1/4 × 7 1/8 in.
With light handling marks
LIFE, Vol. 26, No. 21 (23.5.1949), p. 20-22 / Point de vue, 21. april 1949, p. 12-13 / Drei Sekunden Ewigkeit – Photographien von Robert Doisneau. Munich 1980, pl. 32 (there titled: Seitenblick) / Robert Doisneau: Paris. Hamburg 1998, p. 493 / Robert Doisneau. Paris. Paris 2005, p. 82, 83 (there series title: Das Schaufenster von Romi) / Peter Hamilton (ed.): Robert Doisneau. La vie d’un photographe, Paris 1995, p. 187-189 / Robert Doisneau. 1912–1994. Cologne 2014, p. 277, 278
The LIFE Picture Collection
Pictures credits: Contact organization
Photographs and film
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