Lot Essay
The smaller photographs are accompanied by a note stating they are from a series on spanking made in a Parisian brothel, in rue Lepic, circa 1890-1910.
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Erotic photographs, circa 1890-1920s
Details
Various photographers
Erotic photographs, circa 1890-1920s
Twenty-seven gelatin silver prints, each approx. 3.1/8 x 3¾ in., mounted on card within red borders, sitters' names in crayon on verso; with seven other gelatin silver prints, 6¾ x 4¾ to 9.3/8 x 7 in.
Erotic photographs, circa 1890-1920s
Twenty-seven gelatin silver prints, each approx. 3.1/8 x 3¾ in., mounted on card within red borders, sitters' names in crayon on verso; with seven other gelatin silver prints, 6¾ x 4¾ to 9.3/8 x 7 in.
Provenance
The El Helou Collection, 19 May 1999, lot 673.
The photographs from the Paris brothel series are described as having passed from the collection of Dienne Louys, Paris, to Michel Simon, Paris and thence to El Helou.
The photographs from the Paris brothel series are described as having passed from the collection of Dienne Louys, Paris, to Michel Simon, Paris and thence to El Helou.