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The following lots 233-237 are by the photographer André Gomès. Provenance: Drouot...
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The following lots 233-237 are by the photographer André Gomès. Provenance: Drouot Montaigne Auction, Paris, 18-19th June 1997, the collection of Henriette and Andre Gomes
Gomes along with his wife Henrietta who appears in many of his pictures, were close friends of many prominent artists during the 1930's including Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp and Joan Miro. Henrietta opened her own gallery in Paris in 1938. However, being Jewish they were forced to flee Paris during the Nazi occupation, and her gallery was seized as Jewish property. Both were active in the French Resistance. The Galerie Henriette was re-opened at 6 rue du Cirque, Paris, in 1949-50.
André Gomes, 20th century- "Portrait of Pablo Picasso and David Cromer, Golf Juan 1953".; gelatin silver print, printed later c.1980, inscribed, dated, titled and signed in pencil to verso, 18x21cm, (may be subject to Droit de Suite)
Provenance: Drouot Montaigne Auction, Paris, 18-19th June 1997, the collection of Henriette and Andre Gomes
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