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Pierre Dubreuil — A complete set of the artist's known diapositives
Pierre Dubreuil

A complete set of the artist's known diapositives

1930

A rare and comprehensive collection of diapositives by the pioneering Pictorialist photographer Pierre Dubreuil, representing the full scope of his known work in this intimate and luminous medium. All but five of the transparencies bear the artist's own signature and title, lending the collection a deeply personal authenticity and documentary significance. Numbered in an unidentified hand on ink labels affixed to the cover glass, the set offers a fascinating layered history of ownership and archival care.

Medium
Each made, all but 5 signed and titled by the artist, numbered in an unidentified hand in ink on labels affixed to the cover glass.

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October 8, 2015

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Pierre Dubreuil, A complete set of the artist's known diapositives, 1930

A rare and comprehensive collection of diapositives by the pioneering Pictorialist photographer Pierre Dubreuil, representing the full scope of his known work in this intimate and luminous medium. All but five of the transparencies bear the artist's own signature and title, lending the collection a deeply personal authenticity and documentary significance. Numbered in an unidentified hand on ink labels affixed to the cover glass, the set offers a fascinating layered history of ownership and archival care.

Medium
Each made, all but 5 signed and titled by the artist, numbered in an unidentified hand in ink on labels affixed to the cover glass.
Year
1930
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Monochrome, Male Artist, Complete Artist Archive, French Photographer, French Artist, Monochromatic Tones, Early Twentieth Century, Pictorialist Photographer, Rare Complete Set, Archival Collection, Signed Works, Experimental Composition, Monochromatic, Modernist Master, Glass Diapositives, Experimental Photography, Pictorialism, Avant-Garde Photography, Pictorialist Photography

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Cleveland Museum of Art