Oct 19, 2017 - Sale 2458

Sale 2458 - Lot 319

Unsold
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
GEO-BLANC (active 1920s-40s)
Laboratory scene with glass beakers.
Silver print, the image measuring 8 7/8x6 1/2 inches (22.7x16.5 cm.), the sheet slightly larger, with Blanc's hand stamp on verso. Circa 1940

WITH--Pair of "noirish" photographs entitled Sinner Takes All of a man adding poison to an alocholic drink. Ferrotyped silver prints, the images measuring 9 1/4x7 1/4 inches (23.5x18.4 cm.), the sheets slightly larger, with a hand stamp on verso. 1930s.

Additional Details

Georges Blanc was a French cinematographer of the 1920s, as well as a photographer-illustrator whose images were reproduced in magazines and advertisements. His Parisian agency was known as 'Geo-Blanc.'