Lot 168
Jacques-Henri Lartigue (French, 1894-1986). "Zissou, La Baule, August" (1929) gelatin silver print - printed later. Hand signed on lower left (visible when mat is lifted). Embossed with J.H.L. stamp to left of image (visible when mat is lifted). A striking photograph by French photographer Jacques-Henri Lartigue depicting a man who has hit a golf ball at La Baule in western France. Lartigue has captured the man's follow through - hips are facing the target, the club is swung up and over his head and shoulders, his weight is on his leading left foot, and only the tip of his right foot is touching the ground. A young man to the left is also watching the ball soar! Size of image: 6.125" L x 13.5" W (15.6 cm x 34.3 cm) Size of sheet: 12" L x 15.875" W (30.5 cm x 40.3 cm) Size of mat: 16" L x 20" W (40.6 cm x 50.8 cm)
In 2017, the exhibition titled "Lartigue a L Baule 1913-1929" was organized by the City Hall of La Baule at the Bernard Boesch Museum. While Lartigue stayed at La Baue in 1913, 1915, 1929, and 1936, his works from those visits had never been brought together, written about, and exhibited together.
Jacques-Henri Lartigue was known for his exuberance, spontaneity, and joie de vivre! His subjects included people at play - running, jumping, flying gliders, playing sports like tennis and golf, racing cars
as well as Parisian fashion models. He also shot athletic events including the French Grand Prix, the Coupe Gordon Bennett, and the French Open as well as aviation stars like Hubert Latham, Roland Garros, Louis Paulhan, Louis Bleriot, and Gabriel Voisin.
Although a few of Lartique's photos appeared in sporting magazines, by his middle years, he was focusing on painting. This said, he continued to shoot photographs, but it was not until he was 69 years old that his early photographs were discovered by Charles Rado who introduced Lartigue to the curator of the Museum of Modern Art, John Szarkowski, who organized an exhibition at MOMA, and his photos were also featured in Life Magazine in 1963. This led to more success. His work appeared in several fashion magazines; in 1974, Valery Giscard d'Estaing - the newly elected President of France - commissioned Lartigue to shoot his official portrait; and he had his first French retrospective at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in 1975, paving the way for numerous commissions. More recently, in 2017, the exhibition titled "Lartigue a L Baule 1913-1929" was organized by the City Hall of La Baule at the Bernard Boesch Museum. While Lartigue stayed at La Baue in 1913, 1915, 1929, and 1936, his works from those visits had never been brought together, written about, and exhibited in this manner.
Lartigue's art is in the permanent collections of numerous reputable institutions: Harvard Art Museums, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Museum of Modern Art in NYC, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, The University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Princeton University Art Museum, and the George Eastman Museum
Provenance: private Idledale, Colorado, USA collection
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- Condition: Minute crease mark at upper edge of sheet (left side) that does not impact the image. Hand signed on lower left (visible when mat is lifted). Embossed with J.H.L. stamp to left of image (visible when mat is lifted).
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