Lartigue at 100

Painting, photography, writing; for me, there is no hierarchy. They are different means of expression but all serve the same purpose, to record what is constantly going on. If things are moving quickly I choose photograph because it is the art of fleeting reality.

 

Here a selection of Lartigue’s favorite themes are illustrated by his drawings, texts and photographs: cars, the first airplanes, beach games, winter sports, elegant women and artists who made a big impression on him such as Sacha Guitry, Kees Van Dongen and Pablo Picasso.
Presented at the Espace Electra in Paris in 1994, this exhibition was conceived to celebrate the centenary of Lartigue’s birth.

 

1911
La Pradvina, Avenue du Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 15 janvier 1911
1911
Le jour des Drags aux courses à Auteuil, ils n’ont pas gagné… Paris, 23 juin 1911
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1930
Renée Perle, Juan-les-Pins, March 1930
(from a glass negative 9x12 cm)

Lartigue meets Renée Perle, a model of Romanian origin. For the next two years she is his companion and his favorite model for paintings and photos.
He exhibits once again at the Galerie Georges Petit and at the Salon d’automne.

 

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

135 modern prints / 125 frames
45 frames : 44,5 x 46,5 cm
38 frames : 44,5 x 69,5 cm
28 frames : 44,5 x 51,5 cm
8 frames : 44,5 x 54,5 cm
6 frames : 51,5x x59,5 cm

Finish: white matboard, cream-colored wooden frames.
The captions, in French, are supplied in a separate list. Unframed sheets reproducing the artist’s drawings and sketches are also available.

CRATE LIST

6 wooden crates
2 crates : 65 x 67 x 87 cm
2 crates : 65 x 56 x 87 cm
1 crates : 65 x 62 x 103 cm
1 crates : 75 x 52 x 77 cm
Weight 540 Kg
Volume 3,5 m3