ON THE BEACH - Lot 17

Lot n° 17
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ON THE BEACH - Lot 17
ON THE BEACH Couple in swimsuits, 1930s Photo by Vera Jablonowski, stamped by the photographer and annotated on the back 17.5 x 19.5 cm. Note: This photograph by Vera Jablonowski, taken in the 1930s, offers a modern and spontaneous view of seaside recreation during the interwar period. Rather than showing the faces of the two beachgoers, the photographer chose a bold composition, focusing on their bodies lying on the sand. This unusual composition emphasizes lines, volumes, and textures, transforming a simple beach scene into a graphic image where the silhouettes interact with the texture of the sand. A vintage silver gelatin print bearing Vera Jablonowski’s stamp and annotations on the reverse, this photograph bears witness to the evolution of the photographic gaze in the 1930s, marked by formal experiments inspired by the Nouvelle Vision and modern photography. Serving both as a document of the rise of seaside recreation and as a particularly contemporary aesthetic composition, this work will appeal to collectors of 20th-century photography, beach imagery, and scenes of everyday life.
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