Lot Essay
Including several fashion studies and an image of Helena Rubinstein making the mixture for moisture proof face powder.
FASHION, NUDE AND PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS
MAN RAY, CECIL BEATON, F.S. LINCOLN and others
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MAN RAY, CECIL BEATON, F.S. LINCOLN and others
Portraits of Helena Rubinstein, early 1900s-circa 1940s
Thirty-eight gelatin silver prints, sizes approx. 14 x 11 in. to 7½ x 4¼ in., two trimmed to oval, a few signed or with photographer's blindstamp and one inscribed With best love Helena on recto, the majority mounted on card, several signed on mounts including Man Ray Paris (2) and Beaton (1), approx. one third dated and inscribed on verso, three with printed caption on paper label, four in paper folders with photographer's credits on front covers; with one pastel drawing. (39)
Portraits of Helena Rubinstein, early 1900s-circa 1940s
Thirty-eight gelatin silver prints, sizes approx. 14 x 11 in. to 7½ x 4¼ in., two trimmed to oval, a few signed or with photographer's blindstamp and one inscribed With best love Helena on recto, the majority mounted on card, several signed on mounts including Man Ray Paris (2) and Beaton (1), approx. one third dated and inscribed on verso, three with printed caption on paper label, four in paper folders with photographer's credits on front covers; with one pastel drawing. (39)