Lot 9
Lot 9
ERNEST J. BELLOCQ (1873–1949)

Storyville Portrait, New Orleans, c. 1910

Price Realised USD 12,600
Estimate
USD 15,000 - USD 25,000
Closed: 3 Apr 2024
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ERNEST J. BELLOCQ (1873–1949)

Storyville Portrait, New Orleans, c. 1910

Price Realised USD 12,600
Closed: 3 Apr 2024
Price Realised USD 12,600
Closed: 3 Apr 2024
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ERNEST J. BELLOCQ (1873–1949)
Storyville Portrait, New Orleans, c. 1910
gelatin silver print, printed c. 1949
credited and annotated 'UAP-121' in ink and pencil (verso)
image: 1214 x 978 in. (31.1 x 25 cm.)
sheet: 1378 x 11 in. (35.2 x 27.9 cm.)
Provenance
Julie Saul Gallery, New York;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 2002.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, E. J. Bellocq: Storyville Portraits, Photographs from the New Orleans Redlight District, c. 1915, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1970, pl. 23.
Al Rose, Storyville, New Orleans: Being an Authentic, Illustrated Account of the Notorious Red Light District, University of Alabama Press, Alabama, 1997, p. 165.
E. J. Bellocq, Bellocq: Photographs from Storyville, The Red-Light District of New Orleans, Random House, NY, 1996, pl. 17.
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