Elixir of Life: Photographs from The Olbricht Collection
Robert Doisneau
Le Baiser de l'Hotel de Ville, Paris 4 e
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Elixir of Life: Photographs from The Olbricht Collection
Robert Doisneau
1912 - 1994
Le Baiser de l'Hotel de Ville, Paris 4 e
ferrotyped gelatin silver print, the photographer's credit, Black Star, and Agence Rapho stamps on the reverse, framed
image: 9¼ by 7⅛ in. (23.8 by 18.1 cm.)
frame: 21¼ by 17⅛ in. (54 by 43.5 cm.)
Executed in 1950, printed circa 1960.
Hamiltons, London
Collection of Gert Elfering
Christie's New York, 20th Century Photographs: The Elfering Collection, 10 October 2005, Lot 84
Acquired from the above by the present owner
"Speaking of Pictures: In Paris Young Lovers Kiss Everywhere", LIFE, 12 June 1950, pp. 16-7
Robert Doisneau, Photographs (London, 1980), p. 33
Robert Doisneau, Robert Doisneau, trois secondes d'éternité (Paris, 1984), p. 33
Un Certain Robert Doisneau (Éditions du Chêne, 1986), p. 31
Yoshitomo Kajikawa, ed., Robert Doisneau, Kyoto, 1987, ch.2, no. 1
Peter Hamilton, Robert Doisneau: Retrospective (New York, 1992), cover and p. 25
Peter Hamilton, Robert Doisneau: A Photographer's Life (New York, 1995), p. 143
Ned Rifkin, Chorus of Light: Photographs from the Sir Elton John Collection (Atlanta: High Museum of Art), 2000, p. 102
Hans-Michael Koetzle, Photo Icons: The Story Behind the Pictures, 1928-1991, vol. 2 (Cologne, 2002), pp. 72-3
Jean-Claude Gautrand, Robert Doisneau 1912-1994 (Cologne, 2003), cover and p. 122
Tom Ang, Photography: The Definitive Visual History (London, 2014), pp. 210-1
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