Preserving his images from childhood on in album after album, Lartigue created an inordinately rich chronicle, but one that, like his diaries, remained essentially private. Until 1963, when a show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York revealed Lartigue as a major photographer, his work was known only to a group of friends. Now, however, the images of Lartigue's childhood are widely known; indissolubly associated with the Belle Epoque, that confident, prosperous, carefree childhood of the century, they have become emblematic of its optimistic energy and vanished grace.
Additional Artworks
From Art Alba Gallery
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Song Chao
Miner 27, 2002
Gelatin Silver Print
51 x 41 cm
US$4,000
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June Newton
Yves Saint Laurent, Paris, 1978
Photograph
51 x 41 cm
US$2,500
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Robert Werling
Cambria Pines, 1975
Gelatin Silver Print
41 x 51 cm
US$2,000
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Cecil Beaton
Coco Chanel 1956, 1956
Photograph
31 x 31 cm
US$1,000
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William Claxton
Zoot Sims, Hollywood, 1955, 1955
Photograph
51 x 41 cm
US$2,500
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Che Lucky
Lanterns 1955, 1955
Photograph
23 x 17 cm
US$500
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Chang Chi Wei
Misty Morning 1954, 1954
Photograph
24 x 19 cm
US$500
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Emmanuel Villanis
Sappho, c. 1900
Bronze
43 x 21 x 13 cm
US$10,000
About the artist
Jacques-Henri Lartigue
French
1894-1986
