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Jacques-Henri Lartigue ACF Grand Prix 1912 Photo

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Title: ACF Grand Prix, 1912
Author: Lartigue, Jacque-Henri
Description: Gelatin silver print. Approx 10¼x14¼", matted and framed.Signed in ink in lower margin at lower right. Jacques-Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) began taking photographs at the age of 6, his subject matter being primarily his own life and the people and activities in it. As a child he photographed his friends and family at play – running and jumping, racing wheeled soap boxes, building kites, gliders and aeroplanes, climbing the Eiffel Tower, etc. He would later photograph many famous sporting events, including automobile races such as the Coupe Gordon Bennett and the French Grand Prix, early flights by aviation pioneers including Gabriel Voisin, Louis Blériot, and Roland Garros.
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Date Published: 1912 [later print, c. 1980]