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A collection of photographs of Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merprès and Ni Pollock

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A collection of photographs of Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merprès and Ni Pollock
An album consisting of twenty black and white photographs depicting Ni Pollok and eight black and white and one colour photograph depicting Ni Pollok, the interior of the house of Ni Pollok and Le Mayeur and the artist at work
160 x 225 mm. and smaller

Provenance

The artist Simone Ghijsbrecht-Vanderborght, Brussels,
thence by descent

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Please note that the catalogue entry should read:

The photographer of some of these pictures is Mr van den Boogaard. (see Paul de Bont, Pollok, Zwolle 1992)

It has been suggested that the Legong Dancer in the catalogue illustration is Ni Tjawan, a Balinese girl that often posed for Le Mayeur as well as Willem Hofker.

Lot Essay

The sculptor Simone Ghijsbrecht-Vanderborght (Belgian, 1888-1969) and Le Mayeur travelled together in North Africa.

The photographer of some of these pictures is Mr van den Boogaard. (see Paul de Bont, Pollok, Zwolle 1992)

It has been suggested that the Legong Dancer in the catalogue illustration is Ni Tjawan, a Balinese girl that often posed for Le Mayeur as well as Willem Hofker.

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