Gelatin silver print
France, 1948; printed later in the late 1980s
Willy Maywald (1907-1985) – German photographer
Embossed stamp lower right ‘ASSOCIATION Willy Maywald’
Stamped on verso ‘ASSOCIATION WILLY MAYWALD LOI 1901 © ADAGP – PARIS’ and ‘© WILLY MAYWALD-ADAGP MENTION OBLIGATOIRE’
Inscribed and dated with pencil on verso ‘Picasso – Milly – Bill Johnstone – Françoise Gilot 1948’; also numbered with pencil ‘14’
Image size: 49 x 46.5 cm
Very good condition
Pablo Picasso with friends in front of his studio in Vallouris; photographs by Willy Maywald fetch up to 6,500 Euros at international auctions
Object is regular taxed. Differential taxation is not possible

The present gelatin silver print reveals a charming group portrait taken by the German photographer Willy Maywald. It captures a discussion between Pablo Picasso and William Harcourt Johnstone in front of the artist’s studio. They are accompanied by their partners, the artists Françoise Gilot and Mildred „Milly“ Johnstone, who follow the action while sitting on the ground. Willy Maywald took a number of impressive pictures of Picasso in Vallouris.



The gelatin silver print reveals an embossed stamp lower right ‘ASSOCIATION Willy Maywald’. It is verso stamped ‘ASSOCIATION WILLY MAYWALD LOI 1901 © ADAGP – PARIS’ and ‘© WILLY MAYWALD-ADAGP MENTION OBLIGATOIRE’. It is inscribed and dated with pencil on verso ‘Picasso – Milly – Bill Johnstone – Françoise Gilot 1948’ as well as numbered with pencil ‘14’. The photograph is verso matted along one edge. The image size is 49 x 46.5 cm and the sheet measures 60.5 x 50.5 cm. The overall framed dimensions are 67.5 x 64 cm.



Willy Maywald (1907-1985)

Willy Maywald was born in Kleve in 1907 and moved to Paris around 1933, in order to establish as a freelance photographer. After the Second World War, Maywald received his first jobs as a fashion photographer and was soon discovered by famous designers, such as Christian Dior, Pierre Balmain and Jaques Fath. Maywald was also a close friend of a number of well-known artists, including Picasso, Le Corbusier and Henri Matisse, whom he portrayed in exclusive photographic documentations. His fashion and artist pictures have been exhibited in numerous single and group exhibitions and are regarded as highly sought after collectible items in the international art market. (cbo)

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