AFTER DARK: Photography & The Male Form
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Lot 33
Homoerotic Albumen Print (French, ca. 1900)
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
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An Explicit, French Homoerotic Albumen Print, ca. 1900.
Albumen print.
An exceptionally rare and historically important homoerotic albumen print attributed to a late 19th-early 20th century French photographer. Featured in Nicole Canet's landmark anthology of early homoerotic photography, Joyeux Polissons - Clandestine Homoerotic Photographs 1860-1930.
6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. (17 x 12 cm)
Literature:
Canet, Nicole. Joyeux polissons - Photographies homoérotiques clandestines 1860-1930. 2nd edition. Paris, France: Galerie Au Bonheur du Jour, 2022. Illustrated.
Condition
Some residue from previous adhesive on the verso; minor surface abrasions present.
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Provenance
Galerie Au Bonheur du Jour. Paris, France.
Property of a Private New York Collection, acquired from the above.
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