1912 Vintage New Orleans FEMALE NUDE PROSTITUTE Louisiana Photo Art E.J. BELLOCQ
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1912 Vintage New Orleans FEMALE NUDE PROSTITUTE Louisiana Photo Art E.J. BELLOCQ:
$58.17
1912 Vintage New Orleans FEMALE NUDE PROSTITUTE Louisiana Photo Art E.J. BELLOCQ
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Photographer: John Ernest Joseph Bellocq (1873 – 1949) - American professional photographer who worked in New Orleans during the early 20th century. Bellocq is remembered for his haunting photographs of the prostitutes of Storyville, New Orleans\' legalized red light district of the time period. His life and pictures have been an inspiration for novels, poems and films. For more information please see below about E.J. Bellocq.
Subject: Female Nude - New Orleans prostitute
Date Of Negative: circa 1912
Type Of Print: Sheet Fed Photogravure Plate (master print from the original glass plate negative)
Date Of Print: 1970
Original Issue: Bound sheet fed photo gravure compilation
Paper: Medium weight, satin finish
Printmaker: The Meriden Gravure Company, Meriden, Connecticut
Print Origin: U.S.A.
Approximate Size Inches: 9.25 x 7.5 inches
Approximate Size Metric: 23.7 x 19.25 centimeters
Print Border: Yes - white surrounding print border
Condition Grade: Very Fine++ (45+ year old print)
Verso: Blank - (plate number on reverse side in small text print)
Registered Archive Print Serial #: 30D7SV5
Certificate Of Authenticity (COA): Yes - individual hand signed COA
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This is an authentic (NOT a computer scanned reprint), genuine1970photogravure print (also known as héliogravure) by the American photographer E.J. Bellocq. The master print for this photogravurewas created from the original glass plate negative Bellocq made in circa1912 and is part of a historically significant collection of 89 negatives recovered after his death. Theimageitself was made with a glass plate view camera and the subjects are NewOrleans, Louisiana prostitutes who worked in the then legal red lightdistrict known as \"Storyville\".
Thisquality sheet fed gravure print was originally issued as part of a bound compilation of photo-gravures printed in 1970 aspart of a special publishing project funded by the Museum Of Modern Art in New York City. The photogravures coincided with MOMA\'s 1970 public exhibition of photo-chemical prints made directly from Bellocq\'s original glass negatives. Upon public exhibition thesephotographs were immediately acclaimed for their unique poignancy andbeauty.
ABOUT E.J. BELLOCQ:
E.J. Bellocq was born in a wealthy white French Creole family in the French Quarter of New Orleans. He became an amateur photographer before setting himself up as a professional, making his living mostly by taking photographic records of landmarks and of ships and machinery for local companies. However, he also took personal photographs of the hidden side of local life, and most notably the prostitutes of Storyville. These were only known to a small number of his acquaintances. In the latter part of his life, he lived alone and acquired a reputation for eccentricity and unfriendliness.
After his death in 1949, most of his negatives and prints were destroyed. However, the Storyville negatives were later found. All the images were portraits of women. Some are nude, some dressed, others posed as if acting a mysterious narrative. Many of the negatives were badly damaged, in part deliberately, which encouraged speculation. Many of the faces in the images had been scraped out; whether this was done by Bellocq, his Jesuit priest brother who inherited them after E. J.\'s death or someone else is unknown. Bellocq is the most likely candidate, since the damage was done while the emulsion was still wet. In other pictures the women wore masks obscuring their identity. After many years, the negatives were purchased by a noted art photographer and subsequently printed for the Museum Of Modern Art.
This photogravureplate is guaranteed to be authentic and comes with a hand signedCERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY (COA) with unique individual registered serial number from the Finephoto Vintage Archive &Database. Undermagnification this plate shows a tight \"honeycomb\" cell structure, uniformpressing of ink and a wide range of tone - all indicative of a qualitysheet fed gravure print. The watermark word \"Finephoto\" does not appear on the actual print.We list beautiful original vintage photographs, photogravures and antique prints everyday! For more vintage E.J. Bellocq prints & other Historic Photographic Collections please Click Here To Visit Our store where you can search our World Class Selection of authentic vintage prints by photographer or subject.
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1912 Vintage New Orleans FEMALE NUDE PROSTITUTE Louisiana Photo Art E.J. BELLOCQ:
$58.17