Baron Adolf de Meyer (1868-1946
)Princess Astrid, Queen of the Belgians. Maurice Rostand, French poet, novelist and playwright. Huguette Duflos, resident of the Comédie Française and film actress. Woman with an ermine scarf. Young women in bust and in profile. Bearded man standing. Woman with a pinned hat. Country scene, woman picking twigs. Otto Klemperer, German conductor and composer, c. 1920-1930. 
14 vintage charcoal, platinum, bromoil and silver prints, some mounted on card stock
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Dates (2) handwritten on the mount. Stamp "Demeyer" on the back of the mounts or prints (11). 
Size of the images : from 23 x 17 to 57 x 43,5 cm 
Size of the sheets : from 25,5 x 19 to 61 x 50 cm 

An important figure of the pictorialist movement, Adolf de Meyer became a member of the Linked Ring in 1903 before meeting Alfred Stieglitz and joining the Photo Secession movement


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He exhibited his work three times at Gallery 291 in New York. In 1910, Condé Montrose Nast offered him a job with the editorial staff of Vogue where he became one of the pioneers of fashion photography. A master of pigment techniques and an excellent portraitist, a whimsical and worldly figure, ennobled by Frederick-Augustus III of Saxony, Adolf de Meyer produced throughout his career numerous portraits of artistic and intellectual figures, as well as of the good society of the turn of the century.

Baron Adolf de Meyer (1868-1946)
Princess Astrid, Queen of the Belgians. Maurice Rostand, French poet, novelist and playwright. Huguette Duflos, resident of the Comédie Française and film actress. Woman with an ermine scarf. Young women in bust and in profile. Bearded man standing. Woman with a pin hat. Country scene, woman picking twigs. Otto Klemperer, German conductor and composer, c. 1920-1930. 
14 carbon, platinum, bromoil and gelatin silver prints
. 
Some mounted on c
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Baron Adolf de Meyer (1868-1946 )Princess Astrid, Queen of the Belgians. Maurice Rostand, French poet, novelist and playwright. Huguette Duflos, resident of the Comédie Française and film actress. Woman with an ermine scarf. Young women in bust and in profile. Bearded man standing. Woman with a pinned hat. Country scene, woman picking twigs. Otto Klemperer, German conductor and composer, c. 1920-1930. 14 vintage charcoal, platinum, bromoil and silver prints, some mounted on card stock . Dates (2) handwritten on the mount. Stamp "Demeyer" on the back of the mounts or prints (11). Size of the images : from 23 x 17 to 57 x 43,5 cm Size of the sheets : from 25,5 x 19 to 61 x 50 cm An important figure of the pictorialist movement, Adolf de Meyer became a member of the Linked Ring in 1903 before meeting Alfred Stieglitz and joining the Photo Secession movement . He exhibited his work three times at Gallery 291 in New York. In 1910, Condé Montrose Nast offered him a job with the editorial staff of Vogue where he became one of the pioneers of fashion photography. A master of pigment techniques and an excellent portraitist, a whimsical and worldly figure, ennobled by Frederick-Augustus III of Saxony, Adolf de Meyer produced throughout his career numerous portraits of artistic and intellectual figures, as well as of the good society of the turn of the century. Baron Adolf de Meyer (1868-1946) Princess Astrid, Queen of the Belgians. Maurice Rostand, French poet, novelist and playwright. Huguette Duflos, resident of the Comédie Française and film actress. Woman with an ermine scarf. Young women in bust and in profile. Bearded man standing. Woman with a pin hat. Country scene, woman picking twigs. Otto Klemperer, German conductor and composer, c. 1920-1930. 14 carbon, platinum, bromoil and gelatin silver prints . Some mounted on c

Estimate
€10,000 - €15,000
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
28%
Baron Adolf de Meyer (1868-1946 )Princess Astrid, Queen of the Belgians. Maurice Rostand, French poet, novelist and playwright. Huguette Duflos, resident of the Comédie Française and film actress. Woman with an ermine scarf. Young women in bust and in profile. Bearded man standing. Woman with a pinned hat. Country scene, woman picking twigs. Otto Klemperer, German conductor and composer, c. 1920-1930. 14 vintage charcoal, platinum, bromoil and silver prints, some mounted on card stock . Dates (2) handwritten on the mount. Stamp "Demeyer" on the back of the mounts or prints (11). Size of the images : from 23 x 17 to 57 x 43,5 cm Size of the sheets : from 25,5 x 19 to 61 x 50 cm An important figure of the pictorialist movement, Adolf de Meyer became a member of the Linked Ring in 1903 before meeting Alfred Stieglitz and joining the Photo Secession movement . He exhibited his work three times at Gallery 291 in New York. In 1910, Condé Montrose Nast offered him a job with the editorial staff of Vogue where he became one of the pioneers of fashion photography. A master of pigment techniques and an excellent portraitist, a whimsical and worldly figure, ennobled by Frederick-Augustus III of Saxony, Adolf de Meyer produced throughout his career numerous portraits of artistic and intellectual figures, as well as of the good society of the turn of the century. Baron Adolf de Meyer (1868-1946) Princess Astrid, Queen of the Belgians. Maurice Rostand, French poet, novelist and playwright. Huguette Duflos, resident of the Comédie Française and film actress. Woman with an ermine scarf. Young women in bust and in profile. Bearded man standing. Woman with a pin hat. Country scene, woman picking twigs. Otto Klemperer, German conductor and composer, c. 1920-1930. 14 carbon, platinum, bromoil and gelatin silver prints . Some mounted on c
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