Marcel Bovis (1904-1997) Selected images of Paris, c 1950
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Estimate$4,000 – $6,000
Status
Closed
Marcel Bovis (1904-1997) Selected images of Paris, c 1950
6 gelatin silver prints, 1 printed c. 1950 and 5 printed later, the first (vintage print) signed in ink and two credit stamps on the verso; the remaining 5 with copyright blindstamp in the margin; signed in pencil on the verso.
image: each approximately 11 x 8 1/8in. (20.6 x 28cm.) or the reverse sheet: each 16 x 12in. (40.6 x 30.5cm.) or the reverse
Ms. Paterson joined Hindman in 2022 and is a nearly 30-year veteran of the photography industry. She began her career in the Photographs Department at Christie’s in New York, and spent 20 years at the auction house becoming a Senior Specialist. Subsequently, she worked at Magnum Photos New York (a prestigious photojournalism collective founded by Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson in 1947) as US Cultural and Print Sales Director and Bonhams as Head of the Photographs Department. Ms. Paterson has extensive knowledge of photography from the 18th to 21st centuries, with a particular interest in works of the American West by Carleton Watkins and Ansel Adams.
