PIERRE DUBREUIL (French, 1872-1944) MICKEY (THE

PROVENANCE
Collection of Tom Jacobson; Christie's, LOS ANGELES, June 26, 1997, lot 44;
With Camera Lucida, SCARSDALE, NEW YORK;
To the present Private Collection

EXHIBITED
15th Annual International Salon of Photography, LOS ANGELES, 1932; Royal Photographic Society, 1935; Salon International d'Art Photographique, Musées Royaux d'Art & d'Histoire, BRUXELLES, 1935; PIERRE DUBREUIL PHOTOGRAPHIES, 1896-1935, Centre Georges Pompidou, PARIS, 1987; PIERRE DUBREUIL REDISCOVERED, The Museum of Photographic Arts, SAN DIEGO, 1988; Alliance Française, NEW YORK, 1989; The Detroit Institute of Art, 1990

LITERATURE
Dubroni Press, PIERRE DUBREUIL: PHOTOGRAPHIES 1896-1935, 1987, fig. 24

This print, believed to be unique, was included in the photographer's personal collection. It is one of the earliest works of art incorporating the image of Disney's mouse cartoon. The masks employed in the composition were likely produced in England in 1930 or 1931.