PIERRE DUBREUIL

Translucidits - Doorschijnendeid (Through My Spectacles)

Details

PIERRE DUBREUIL
Translucidits - Doorschijnendeid (Through My Spectacles)
Oil print. circa 1928. Etched monogram on the recto; signed, titled and annotated Bruxelles 28 rue de Locht in ink with exhibition labels affixed to the reverse of the mount.
9.5/8 x 7in. (24.4 x 19.7cm.)

Exhibited

8 International Kerstsalon, Antwerpen, 1934-35;
II Salon International, Charleroi, 1935
Pierre Dubreuil Retrospective, Royal Photographic Society, London, 1935;
Pierre Dubreuil Photographs 1896-1935 Retrospective Exhibition, Muse d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1987;
Pierre Dubreuil Rediscovered, The Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California, 1988; Alliance Franaise, New York, 1989; The Detroit Institute of the Arts, 1990

Lot Essay

This is one of only four known oil prints of this image including a print in the collection of the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Gift of Max Thorek.

It is the only print in private hands featuring Dubreuil's monogram, an indication of high esteem by the artist.