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LARTIGUE, JACQUES HENRI (1894-1986) "A Portfolio of Photographs," containing 10 charming images. Silver prints, 9x6 1/2 inches (22.9x16.5 cm.), and the reverse, with Lartigue's signature and "sunburst motif," in ink, on the mount and overmat (on all but 1), and the Witkin-Berley portfolio label, with the print and set number on mount verso. Tall folio, red-stamped brown folder with matching linen slipcase; with Lartigue's signature, in ink, on the colophon; contents loose as issued. one of an edition of 50. 1905-1955; printed 1972
From Witkin Gallery, New York; to the present owner in 1980. This is set number 3 in the edition, except for the "Twins," which is from set number 10. "Cousin 'Bichonade' in Flight," 1905 "Zissou in His Tire Boat, Chateau de Rouzat," 1911 "Simone Roussel on the Beach at Villerville," 1906 "My Brother, Zissou, Gets His Glider Airborne, Chateau de Rouzat," 1908 "The Race Course at Auteuil, Paris," 1910 "Woman with Fox Fur, Avenue des Acacias," 1911 "Wheeled Bobsleigh Designed by Jacques Henri Lartigue," 1911 "Grand Prix of the Automobile Club of France," 1912 "The Famous Rowe Twins of the Casino de Paris," 1929 "Picasso," 1955 (this image lacks the second signature).
