THE PHOTOGRAM 1918 - 1948
January 23 - March 6, 1999
CASE (left to right) Top Shelf
Man Ray L’Ange Heurtebise Librairie Stock, Paris, 1925 With a poem by Jean Cocteau and reproducing a Rayograph in gravure as the frontispiece Drawing and dedication by Cocteau Deluxe edition #5/355 Accompanied by the Rayograph of the same name (see #2 below)
Fantastic Art, Dada & Surrealism Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1936 Reproducing a Rayograph by Man Ray on the dust wrapper
Internationale de la photographie F. Van Buggenhoudt S.A., Brussels, 1932 Including a reproduction of a Rayograph by Man Ray
Middle Shelf
Various contemporary publications specifically on photograms
Bottom Shelf
E.L.T. Mesens Alphabet sourd aveugle Editions Nicholas Flamel, Brussels, 1933 Preface by Paul Eluard Dedicated to Robert Valançay #365/530
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Reproducing a photogram by Mesens in gravure as the frontispiece
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy 60 Fotos Klinkhardt & Biermann, Berlin, 1930 Edited by Franz Roh Reproducing a photogram by Moholy-Nagy on the cover
Artists Unknown Three (3) photograms from the foundation course in photography at the New Bauhaus
FRONT ROOM East Wall
1. Man Ray Untitled (Rayograph) 1922 - 1925 Vintage gelatin silver print Stamped on verso 9 3/8” x 7 1/8”
2. Man Ray L’Ange Heurtebise 1925 Vintage gelatin silver print after a Rayograph Stamped on verso 12” x 9 1/2” Accompanied by the book of the same name with a poem by Jean Cocteau and reproducing the Rayograph in gravure. Librairie Stock, Paris, 1925. Drawing and dedication by Cocteau (See “Case - Top Shelf” above)
North Wall
3. Man Ray Untitled (Rayograph) 1950 Vintage gelatin silver print Signed on recto / Stamped “Original” on verso 13 3/4” x 10 3/4”
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4. Christian Schad Schadographie No. 11 Vintage gelatin silver print affixed to original mount Signed on verso of mount 3 3/8” x 2 1/4”
West Wall
5. Arthur Siegel Untitled (faces and breasts) ca. 1937 Vintage gelatin silver print affixed to original mount Signed “Arthur Siegel” and initialed “A.S.” on verso of mount by Adam Siegel (son) 19 1/4” x 15 3/8”
6. Arthur Siegel Bernard #3 Section B (faces - one with cigarette) ca. 1937 Vintage gelatin silver print affixed to original mount Stamped on verso of mount / Initialed “A.S.” on verso by Adam Siegel (son) 12 7/8” x 9 7/8”
7. Arthur Siegel Photogram #72 ca. 1937 Vintage gelatin silver print affixed to original mount Signed on verso of mount / Initialed “A.S.” on verso by Adam Siegel (son) 13 5/8” x 11”
8. Robert Disraeli Untitled ca. 1929 Vintage gelatin silver print Stamped on verso 9 3/8" x 6 1/2"
9. Robert Disraeli Untitled
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ca. 1929 Vintage gelatin silver print 9 1/2" x 6 1/2"
10. Robert Disraeli Untitled ca. 1929 Vintage gelatin silver print 9 1/2" x 6 1/2"
11. Laszlo Moholy-Nagy Untitled 1929 Vintage gelatin silver print Signed on verso 10 1/4” x 9”
12. Werner Feist Untitled (Bauhaus project) 1927 Vintage gelatin silver print Signed on verso 7” x 4 3/8”
13. E.L.T. Mesens Untitled ca. 1925 Vintage gelatin silver print Accompanied by a signed photo certificate 7" x 9 3/8"
14. Jane Edwards Photography ca. 1946/47 Vintage gelatin silver print Affixed to original mount with exhibition labels on verso Signed on recto of mount 10" x 10"
15. Georgii Zimin Untitled ca. 1930
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Vintage gelatin silver print affixed to original mount Initialed on the mount 9 1/4” x 7 1/4”
16. Georgii Zimin Untitled (nuts, bolts, needle, thread, pencil, etc.) ca. 1930 Vintage gelatin silver print 5 3/8" x 3 1/2"
17. Luigi Veronesi Composizione 1935 Vintage gelatin silver print Signed on recto 9 3/8” x 11 1/4”
18. Willy Kessels Untitled (Christmas tree sprig and decoration) ca. 1930 Vintage gelatin silver print affixed to original mount Signed in red pencil and blind stamp on recto of mount 3" x 4 1/4"
19. Willy Kessels Untitled (star) ca. 1930 Vintage gelatin silver print affixed to original mount Signed in red pencil and blind stamp on recto of mount 3" x 4 1/8"
REAR ROOM West Wall
20. Jaroslav Rössler Ruce Fotogramm (Hand) 1930 Vintage gelatin silver print Signed on verso 11 3/4” x 9 1/2”
21. Gene Fenn
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Untitled (hand and test tube) 1938 Vintage gelatin silver print Signed on verso 14” x 11”
22. Jean Mowat Ethereal Opus XI (match) ca. 1946/47 Vintage gelatin silver print Affixed to original mount with exhibition labels on verso Signed on recto of mount 13 3/4" x 10 7/8"
23. Edmund Kesting Libelle (photogram/photomontage) ca. 1930/35 Vintage gelatin silver print Signed and dated 1930 on verso by artist's wife 6 3/4" x 9 1/2" (image size)
24. Edmund Kesting Fisch ca. 1929/33 Vintage gelatin silver print Stamped and signed (by artist’s wife?) on verso 11 5/8" x 15 5/8"
25. Ziubkova Untitled (photogram/spiral with fly) 1930s Vintage gelatin silver print 8" x 5 3/4"
26. Georg Trump Untitled (brush and “Odol” bottle) ca. 1929 Vintage gelatin silver print Stamped on verso 12" x 9 1/2"
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27. Harold Leroy Harvey Untitled ca. 1924 Toned vintage gelatin silver print heightened with white gouache 9 5/8” x 7 7/8”
28. Maurice Tabard Untitled 1930 Vintage gelatin silver print Signed on recto/Stamped on verso 9 1/4” x 6 3/4”
29. David Robbins Untitled (paper cut-outs) 1938 - 1940 Vintage gelatin silver print Initialed by artist’s daughter on verso 10” x 8”
30. Frantisek Drtikol Untitled (photomontage/photogram/figural abstraction) 1930 Vintage silver print affixed to original mount Signed on recto of mount/Blindstamp in image 9" x 11 1/4"
South Wall
31. Jerzy Kujawski Untitled ca. 1948 Hand-colored vintage gelatin silver print Signed on recto 9 1/4” x 15 7/8” (irregular)
32. Jerzy Kujawski Untitled (photomontage/photogram) ca. 1948 Vintage gelatin silver print Signed on recto
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18 1/2” x 10 3/4”
33. Karol Hiller Untitled (heliograph) 1934 Vintage gelatin silver contact print 15 3/8” x 11 3/4” 34. Karol Hiller Untitled (heliograph) 1939 Vintage gelatin silver contact print Initialed and dated in the plate 11 5/8” x 11”
East Wall
35. Gyorgy Kepes Untitled 1942 Vintage gelatin silver print Signed on verso 13 1/2” x 10 1/2”
36. Milos Korececk Untitled (mold) 1947 Vintage gelatin silver print Signed on verso 15 3/8" x 11 3/8"
37. Fred G. Korth Untitled (measuring container) 1930s Vintage gelatin silver print Signed on verso 14" x 11"
38. Theodore Roszak Untitled ca. 1937 Vintage gelatin silver print Facsimile signature stamp and initialed “S.J.R.”
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on verso by Sara Jane Roszak (daughter) 4 3/4” x 3 5/8”
39. Theodore Roszak Untitled (comb) ca. 1937 Vintage gelatin silver print Signed “Theodore Roszak” and initialed “S.J.R.” on verso by Sara Jane Roszak (daughter) 8” x 7 1/2”
40. Heinz Hajek-Halke Nordisches Marchen ca. 1939 Vintage gelatin silver print Multiple stamps and paper label affixed to verso 9 1/2" x 6 7/8"
41. Heinz Hajek-Halke Weibliche Impression ca. 1947 Vintage gelatin silver print Artist's stamp and paper label affixed to verso 15 1/4" x 11 1/2"
42. Marta Hoepffner Hommage à de Falla 1937 Vintage gelatin silver print Signed on recto/stamped on verso 15” x 10 5/8”
43. Marta Hoepffner Feuervogel 1937 Vintage gelatin silver print Signed on recto/stamped on verso 15 1/8” x 12 1/4”
44. Marta Hoepffner Hommage à Kandinsky 1937
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Vintage gelatin silver print Signed on recto/stamped on verso 14 5/8” x 11 5/8”
FRONT ROOM East Wall
45. Oskar Nerlinger Untitled (Knife, fork and chicken embryo) ca. 1928 Vintage gelatin silver print affixed to original mount 7” x 9”
46. Oskar Nerlinger Welthölzer ca. 1928 Vintage gelatin silver print affixed to original mount Signed on recto 7 1/8” x 9 3/8”
47. Jindrich Heisler Untitled (from the cycle De la même farine) 1944 Vintage gelatin silver print Signed by Toyen on verso 7” x 9 3/8”
48. Margaret de Patta Untitled (F) 1939 Vintage gelatin silver print affixed to original clay board mount Signed on recto of mount 7 1/2" x 8 5/8"
49. Margaret de Patta Untitled 1939 Vintage gelatin silver print affixed to original clay board mount Signed on recto of mount
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10” x 7 7/8”
50. Andreas Walser Fotogramm 1920s Vintage gelatin silver print affixed to original paper mount Signed on recto of mount 7” x 9 3/8”
51. Stefan Themerson Untitled (study for Europa) ca. 1929 Vintage gelatin silver print affixed to original mount Signed and annotated “original fotogram” on recto of mount 1 1/8” x 2 1/4” (image size)
52. Stefan Themerson Untitled (palm leaf) 1930 Vintage gelatin silver print affixed to original mount Signed on verso 6 1/2” x 9”