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Lot 36: Willy Kessels: Standing Female Nude, 1930s, silver print

Est: $800 USD - $1,200 USDPassed
The Photo ReviewPhiladelphia, PA, USOctober 27, 2018

Item Overview

Description

Standing Female Nude, 1930s, silver print, photographer's blindstamp on the bottom right recto, Image size: 9.3125˝x4.0625˝; Sheet Size: 9.3125"x4.0625"

Dimensions

9.3125˝x4.0625˝

Artist or Maker

Medium

silver print

Date

1930s

Provenance

Willy Kessels was born in Termonde, Belgium, in January 1898. After completing the Ecole des Beaux Arts of Gent, he went to Brussels and during the 1920s worked there as a sculptor and architectural draftsman. He met Le Corbusier in 1928. He began his photographic career in 1929, considering this as a logical next step to his previous work. He saw in photography a modern means of representing the world. Kessels was very active during the 1920s and ’30s, contracting to photograph industrial installations and advertising campaigns. His photomontages, aerial views, angles and his work with light, illustrate the modern tendency of Belgian photography, which remained heavily influenced by Pictorialism. He is perhaps best known though for his nudes. Kessels died in 1974.

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Auction Details

The 2018 Photo Review Benefit Auction

by
The Photo Review
October 27, 2018, 07:15 PM EST

Caplan Studio Theater, Terra Hall, UArts 211 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, US

Terms

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