CAUVIN ANDRÉ (1907 2004) A select gathering of 66 large form

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CAUVIN, ANDRÉ (1907-2004)
A select gathering of 66 large-format exhibition prints of the Belgian Congo. Silver prints flush mounted to masonite, 24x36 inches (60.9x91.4 cm.) and smaller, signed by Cauvin on recto, and with a typewritten caption, in English, on verso. 1951-1956

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André Cauvin was a renowned Belgian filmmaker, photographer and author. The large-format photographs offered in this lot were apparently part of an exhibition, perhaps at the United Nations, dedicated to documenting the, then, Belgian Congo. Cauvin brings a cineaste's attention to narrative in his close-up and medium-shot pictures of native life, which are compelling photographs in their own right. Each print is signed and captioned, in English.

His films include: Black Shadows (1949), Bwana Kitoko (1955), Bongolo (1952), and Bwana Kitoko (Noble Seigneur) (1955). He collaborated on several books about Africa: L'Équateur aux cent visages (1948), Congo (1945), for which John Latouch wrote the text, and Nos soldats d'Afrique (1939).