THE PHOTOGRAM 1918 - 1948
January 23 - March 6, 1999
CASE (left to right)
Top Shelf
Man R ay
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 . Mesen s
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
L aszlo Mo h o ly -Nag y
60 Fotos
Klinkhardt & Biermann, Berlin, 1930
Edited by Franz Roh
Reproducing a photogram by Moholy-Nagy on the cover
Ar tists U n kn o wn
Three (3) photograms from the foundation course
in photography at the New Bauhaus
FRONT ROOM
East Wall
1 . Man R ay
Untitled (Rayograph)
1922 - 1925
Vintage gelatin silver print
Stamped on verso
9 3/8” x 7 1/8”
2 . Man R ay
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 R ay
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 . Ch r istian Sch ad
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 . Ar th u r Sieg el
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 . Ar th u r Sieg el
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 . Ar th u r Sieg el
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 . R o b er t D isr aeli
Untitled
ca. 1929
Vintage gelatin silver print
Stamped on verso
9 3/8" x 6 1/2"
9 . R o b er t D isr aeli
Untitled
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ca. 1929
Vintage gelatin silver print
9 1/2" x 6 1/2"
1 0 . R o b er t D isr aeli
Untitled
ca. 1929
Vintage gelatin silver print
9 1/2" x 6 1/2"
1 1 . L aszlo Mo h o ly -Nag y
Untitled
1929
Vintage gelatin silver print
Signed on verso
10 1/4” x 9”
1 2 . W er n er F eist
Untitled (Bauhaus project)
1927
Vintage gelatin silver print
Signed on verso
7” x 4 3/8”
1 3 . E.L .T . Mesen s
Untitled
ca. 1925
Vintage gelatin silver print
Accompanied by a signed photo certificate
7" x 9 3/8"
1 4 . Jan e Ed war d s
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"
1 5 . Geo r g ii Z imin
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”
1 6 . Geo r g ii Z imin
Untitled (nuts, bolts, needle, thread, pencil, etc.)
ca. 1930
Vintage gelatin silver print
5 3/8" x 3 1/2"
1 7 . L u ig i Ver o n esi
Composizione
1935
Vintage gelatin silver print
Signed on recto
9 3/8” x 11 1/4”
1 8 . W illy K essels
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"
1 9 . W illy K essels
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
2 0 . Jar o slav R ö ssler
Ruce Fotogramm (Hand)
1930
Vintage gelatin silver print
Signed on verso
11 3/4” x 9 1/2”
2 1 . Gen e F en n
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Untitled (hand and test tube)
1938
Vintage gelatin silver print
Signed on verso
14” x 11”
2 2 . Jean Mo wat
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"
2 3 . Ed mu n d K estin g
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)
2 4 . Ed mu n d K estin g
Fisch
ca. 1929/33
Vintage gelatin silver print
Stamped and signed (by artist’s wife?) on verso
11 5/8" x 15 5/8"
2 5 . Z iu b ko va
Untitled (photogram/spiral with fly)
1930s
Vintage gelatin silver print
8" x 5 3/4"
2 6 . Geo r g T r u mp
Untitled (brush and “Odol” bottle)
ca. 1929
Vintage gelatin silver print
Stamped on verso
12" x 9 1/2"
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2 7 . Har o ld L er o y Har vey
Untitled
ca. 1924
Toned vintage gelatin silver print heightened with white gouache
9 5/8” x 7 7/8”
2 8 . Mau r ice T ab ar d
Untitled
1930
Vintage gelatin silver print
Signed on recto/Stamped on verso
9 1/4” x 6 3/4”
2 9 . D avid R o b b in s
Untitled (paper cut-outs)
1938 - 1940
Vintage gelatin silver print
Initialed by artist’s daughter on verso
10” x 8”
3 0 . F r an tisek D r tiko l
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
3 1 . Jer zy K u jawski
Untitled
ca. 1948
Hand-colored vintage gelatin silver print
Signed on recto
9 1/4” x 15 7/8” (irregular)
3 2 . Jer zy K u jawski
Untitled (photomontage/photogram)
ca. 1948
Vintage gelatin silver print
Signed on recto
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18 1/2” x 10 3/4”
3 3 . K ar o l Hiller
Untitled (heliograph)
1934
Vintage gelatin silver contact print
15 3/8” x 11 3/4”
3 4 . K ar o l Hiller
Untitled (heliograph)
1939
Vintage gelatin silver contact print
Initialed and dated in the plate
11 5/8” x 11”
East Wall
3 5 . Gyo r g y K ep es
Untitled
1942
Vintage gelatin silver print
Signed on verso
13 1/2” x 10 1/2”
3 6 . Milo s K o r ececk
Untitled (mold)
1947
Vintage gelatin silver print
Signed on verso
15 3/8" x 11 3/8"
3 7 . F r ed G. K o r th
Untitled (measuring container)
1930s
Vintage gelatin silver print
Signed on verso
14" x 11"
3 8 . T h eo d o r e R o szak
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”
3 9 . T h eo d o r e R o szak
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”
4 0 . Hein z 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"
4 1 . Hein z 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"
4 2 . Mar ta Ho ep ffn er
Hommage à de Falla
1937
Vintage gelatin silver print
Signed on recto/stamped on verso
15” x 10 5/8”
4 3 . Mar ta Ho ep ffn er
Feuervogel
1937
Vintage gelatin silver print
Signed on recto/stamped on verso
15 1/8” x 12 1/4”
4 4 . Mar ta Ho ep ffn er
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
4 5 . Oskar Ner lin g er
Untitled (Knife, fork and chicken embryo)
ca. 1928
Vintage gelatin silver print affixed to original mount
7” x 9”
4 6 . Oskar Ner lin g er
Welthölzer
ca. 1928
Vintage gelatin silver print affixed to original mount
Signed on recto
7 1/8” x 9 3/8”
4 7 . Jin d r ich Heisler
Untitled (from the cycle De la même farine)
1944
Vintage gelatin silver print
Signed by Toyen on verso
7” x 9 3/8”
4 8 . Mar g ar et d e 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"
4 9 . Mar g ar et d e 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”
5 0 . An d r eas W alser
Fotogramm
1920s
Vintage gelatin silver print affixed to original paper mount
Signed on recto of mount
7” x 9 3/8”
5 1 . Stefan T h emer so n
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)
5 2 . Stefan T h emer so n
Untitled (palm leaf)
1930
Vintage gelatin silver print affixed to original mount
Signed on verso
6 1/2” x 9”