Overview of the exhibition
Born in 1903, Gaston Paris is from the 1930s one of the most prolific contributors to the weekly magazine Vu founded in 1928 by Lucien Vogel. for which also work Laure Albin-Guillot, Germaine Krull, André Kertész, Martin Munkacsi, Man Ray and Robert Capa. He made multiple reports such as the 1937 Exhibition, sport, music, theater... etc. Apart from this classic production, he makes many strange and personal reports, with surrealist inspirations. He’s good at bizarre staging and became one of the regular contributors to Detective magazine from the end of the 1930s to the 1950s; between horror and Grand Guignol, he reconstructed dramas inspired by gangsters and vamps. He died in Paris in 1964.
Technical specifications
58
Modern on baryta paper
60 x 40 cm
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Transport case
2
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€ 2900
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Women at a fun fair. France, circa 1935.
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World War II. Liberation of Paris on August 25, 1944, 7a.m. in front of Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral. On the tank, Michel Frys, who was later wounded by an ambushed German.
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Closing of a café. Paris, circa 1935.
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Edith Piaf ; Edith Piaf (1915-1963), French singer. Paris, circa 1950.
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Supplying woods for the army (26th Goum). Near Imi n' Tanout (Morocco), July 1945.
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Popular Front. Procession, 1936.
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Parisian suburbs - Hovel ; Poor children in a hovel in the suburbs of Paris, in the 1950's.
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JACQUES DORIOT ; Crowd listening to Jacques Doriot (1898-1945), French politician, during a political meeting. Beginning of the French Popular Party, 1936.
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IMI N'TANOUT - ROASTING COFFEE ; Coffee roasting. Imi n'Tanout (Morocco), 1945.
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FRANCE - COUPLE IN A CAFE ; Couple in a café. France, circa 1930.
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A PRISON'S WAITING ROOM ; A prison's waiting room.
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Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Exodus of the Republicans in France, February 1939.
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BERLIN - GERMAN CHILDREN ; Young boys in the ruins of West Berlin. Germany, after 1945.
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The "Guèpe 64", bus from the Hoggar-Algiers-Fort-Lamy line (Chad), stuck in the sand. Sahara, 1945.
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Statue of Constantine the Great (c.270-337), Roman Emperor, formerly located in the basilica of Maxentius and Constantine in the Roman Forum. Marble, 312-315. Rome (Italy), Capitoline Museums.
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FRANCE - CARNIVAL - CIRCUS ; Fairground attraction of a fun fair. France, on 1950's.
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Miss Dora, contortionist.
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Young women in a bar. Paris, 1937-1938.
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Butcher drinking at the Vaugirard slaughterhouse. Paris, 1950.
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PARIS - VAUGIRARD SLAUGHTERHOUSE ; The Vaugirard slaughterhouse. Butcher. Paris, circa 1935.
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ALLEMAGNE - CAMP OF NAZI PRISONERS ; Camp of nazi prisoners. French occupation area. Germany, after 1945.
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Life aboard a barge : deck cleaning. France, circa 1935.
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Singers in a yard. Paris, circa 1940.
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Marine landscape. Brittany, circa 1935.
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Sailors on land. France, circa 1935.
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FRANCE - YOUNG WOMAN ; Young woman in a farm yard. France, circa 1935.
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Workers. France, circa 1935.
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PARIS - FILM POSTER ; Street scene in front of a film poster. Paris, circa 1935.
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Nude dancer in her dressing room.
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Manufacture of wax models for the USA. Paris, Musée Grévin.
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Miss Marie-Rose Bouchemousse (1889-1966), one of the first French women to be appointed as mayor by the sub-prefect. Vigeois (France), November 1943.
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FRANCE - BOXING MATCH ; Boxing match. France, circa 1937-1938.
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Circus : clowns. France, circa 1935.
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HOSPITAL CORRIDOR ; Hospital corridor.
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Prostitutes in North Africa, circa1945.
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A prostitute and her daughter. North Africa, circa 1945.
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Fun fair : spectators. France, circa 1935.
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PARIS - WAR - POLICEMAN ; Policeman caught in a storm. Paris, circa 1940.
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Fun fair. France, circa 1935.
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Fun fair. France, circa 1935.
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Fun fair : the biggest woman on Earth.
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Old Algerian man. Algeria, July 1945.
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SAHARA - A MEHARIST'S SHADOW ; A meharist's shadow and a camel's skeleton. Sahara, July 1945.
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Noël-Noël ; Noël-Noël (1897-1989), French actor and director. Paris, Théâtre de l'A.B.C., circa 1950.
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CAMP OF NAZI WOMEN ; Camp of Nazi women. Germany, French occupation area, after 1945.
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KIKI DE MONTPARNASSE ; Kiki de Montparnasse (1901-1953), French singer, actress, model and painter.
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Touchez pas au grisbi ; Jean Gabin (1904-1976) during the shooting of the film "Touchez pas au grisbi" by Jacques Becker. France, 1953.
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Wings of the Opéra Garnier. Paris, circa 1937-1938.
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Nude dancers with a snake. Paris, circa 1937-1939.
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Study of a nude. France, circa 1937-1939.
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Paris Opera ballet school. Students of Albert Aveline's class. Paris, circa 1937-1938.
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Head cast. Musée Dupuytren, rue de l'Ecole-de-Médecine. Paris (VIth arrondissement), circa 1930.
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Musée Dupuytren, rue de l'Ecole-de-Médecine. Paris (VIe arr.), vers 1930.
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PARIS - TRIAL OF MARECHAL PETAIN ; Pierre Laval testifying during Marshal Petain's trial. On the right: Josph Kessel and Madeleine Jacob. Paris, 1945.
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PARIS - FOLIES-BERGERE ; The Folies-Bergère. Paris, 1937.
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PARIS - DRESSING ROOM OF THE FOLIES-BERGERE ; The Folies-Bergère dressing room. Paris, 1937.
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PARIS - DRESSING ROOM OF THE FOLIES-BERGERE ; The Folies-Bergère dressing rooms. Paris, 1937.
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STRIPTEASE - THE ROBOT ; Striptease: "the robot".
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