Feb 13 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2694 -

Sale 2694 - Lot 146

Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
ROBERT DOISNEAU (1912-1994)
Portfolio entitled "Portraits." 1943-71; printed 1984.
Featuring 15 (of 15) dynamic images of distinguished artists. Silver prints, the images measuring approximately 15½x12½ inches (39.4x31.6 cm.), and the reverse, the sheets 16x20 inches (40.6x50.8 cm.), each with Doisneau's signature in ink on recto; individually matted, with the Witkin-Berley's portfolio label with the print and set number in ink on mat verso. Atlas folio-sized red-stamped cream linen clamshell box; with the edition number 4 in ink on the colophon; contents loose as issued. ONE OF AN EDITION OF 50 AND 6 ARTIST'S PROOFS. New York: Witkin-Berley Ltd., 1943-71; printed 1984

Madame Colette, 1950 * Le Corbusier, 1944 * Irène Joliot-Curie, 1943 * Georges Braque à Varengeville-sur-Mer, 1953 * Mark Tobey, 1955 * Jean Arp, 1958 * Tinguely, portrait de l'artiste, 1959 * L'affichiste Savignac, 1950 * Fernand Léger dans ses oeuvres, 1954 * Albert Giacometti dans son atelier, 1951 * Jacques Tati et sa bicyclette, 1949 * Les pains de Picasso, 1952 * Saul Steinberg, 1955 * Niki De Saint-Phalle, 1971 * André Derain, 1954