Three bromoil gelatin silver prints mounted on support cardboard
France, 1920s
Julien Mandel (1872-1935) – French photographer of art and eroticism
Inscribed each in the negative ‘Studio J. Mandel Paris’ and numbered ‘ED A.N. Paris 6, 11 und 15’
Each in the original portfolios by Studio J. Mandel Paris
Depiction: each 16.9 x 21.8 cm
Very good condition
Julien Mandel is one of the best-known photographers of female nudes of the early twentieth century
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These are three of the characteristic nude photographs by the French photographer Julien Mandel from the 1920s. Depicted are three different sceneries of female nudes, set in oriental-tinted interiors. Dimly blurring contours and shades in light brown are the characteristics that define his recognition. The photographs of the Parisian photographer soon became much sought-after collector’s items.



The three photographs are each inscribed in the negative ‘Studio J. Mandel Paris’ and numbered ‘ED A.N. Paris 6, 11 und 15’. They are each mounted in the original portfolios by Studio J. Mandel Paris. The three photographs are in very good condition, they are slightly tarnished due to age. The depictions measure each 16.9 x 21.8 cm and the dimensions of the sheets are 17.6 x 22.8 cm. The dimensions of the portfolios are each 21 x 27 cm.



Julien Mandel (1872-1935)

A native of Alsace, Julien Mandel was since the beginning of the 1920s a well-known photographer of art and eroticism. Mandel tried his entire life to establish photography as a genre of art. His photographs of female nudes, especially those of Alice Prin, were soon recognized objects. Mandel was also a member of the avant-garde group ‘New Era Outdoors’. His classic studies were used in France as motif postcards and soon became sought after collectibles (tm)

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