L'Escalade des Chats (Work on Paper).
[Paris], 1956. Mixed media work on paper (16 x 25.5 inches) from famed fashion photographer Guy Bourdin; this instance featuring one of his favorite subjects: cats. Executed at the dawn of his decades-long collaboration with Vogue, these playful mixed media works display the Surrealist influence of Bourdin's mentor Man Ray, as well as the narrative instincts that would come to distinguish his visual style. Although the subject of solo exhibitions at Galerie de Beaune (1954), Galerie de Seine (1956), and New York's Peter Deitsch Gallery (1957), Bourdin's works on paper have yet to receive their due as foundational, pre-photographic moments in his oeuvre. SIGNED (G. Bourdin) and dated to lower corner. Minor toning and some scuffing at margins; near fine.
Item #32248
Price: $6,500.00