a group of 10 photographs by NADAR, DALLEMAGNE & LAZERGES, HALL'S PORTRAIT STUDIO, and WALTER HEGE, 6 mounted, 8 with reproduction rights and/or Julien Levy Gallery, New York, stamps on the reverse, 1860-1930 (Dreaming in Black and White, pls. 16 and 263) (10)

The Julien Levy Collection, purchased from Jean Farley Levy for the Museum by Lynne and Harold Honickman, 2001

A detailed report for each photograph is beyond the scope of this condition report; those wishing condition reports on individual specific photographs are welcome to contact the Photographs Department. Full cataloguing is listed below. Portrait of Christine Nilsson (Nadar or possibly Paul Nadar) : warm-toned, mounted, signed 'P. Nadar' in ink on the mount, a 'Julien Levy Gallery, Inc. / 15 East 57th Street / New York City' stamp on the reverse, circa 1885-1900, printed later by Paul Nadar Actress in the Costume of Jane Eyre (Nadar or possibly Paul Nadar): warm-toned, mounted, signed 'P. Nadar' ink on the mount, a 'Julien Levy Gallery, Inc. / 15 East 57th Street / New York City' stamp and annotated 'Jane Eyre' in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse, circa 1860-75, printed circa 1900-1930 by Paul Nadar Self-Portrait (Nadar): warm-toned, mounted, signed 'P. Nadar in ink on the mount, circa 1860-65, printed by Paul Nadar circa 1900-30 Portrait of a Boxer (Hall's Portrait Studio): mounted, the photographer's credit and studio stamped in the mount, a 'Julien Levy Gallery, Inc. / 15 East 57th Street / New York City' stamp on the reverse, circa 1880-1910 West Side of the Acropolis, with the Propylaea and the Parthenon in Afternoon Sun (Walter Hege): warm-toned, the photographer's credit and series stamp, a 'Julien Levy Gallery / 602 Madison Avenue / New York City' stamp, and part of a mailing label on the reverse, 1928-30 Acropolis (Parthenon, West Frieze: Knight and Warrior Fastening Sandal) (Walter Hege): the photographer's credit and series stamp and a 'Julien Levy Gallery, Inc. / 15 East 57th Street / New York City' stamp on the reverse, 1928-30 Acropolis (Erechtheum: Caryatid Portico from the front) (Walter Hege): the photographer's reproduction rights stamp, a 'Julien Levy Gallery, Inc. / 15 East 57th Street / New York City' stamp, and numbered '#29' and '5-' in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse, 1928-30 Acropolis (Aloes in Flower on the Western Slope) (Walter Hege): warm-toned, the photographer's reproduction rights stamp, a 'Julien Levy Gallery / 602 Madison Avenue / New York City' stamp, and annotated '37.594 Hege,' '7.50,' and '#31' in an unidentified hand in pencil on the reverse, 1928-30 Portrait of Bearded Man (attributed to Dallemagne & Lazerges, printed by Paul Nadar): mounted, annotated 'Collection P. Nadar' in ink on the mount, a 'Julien Levy Gallery, Inc. / 15 East 57th Street / New York City' stamp on the reverse, 1860-70s, printed 1900-30 Portrait of Old Woman (attributed to Dallemagne & Lazerges, printed by Paul Nadar): annotated 'Collection of P. Nadar' in ink on the image, mounted, 1860-70s, printed 1900-30
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Julien Levy enthusiastically collected all manner of photography, objets d'art, and ephemera, incorporating it into both his gallery and his home.  In his essay for Dreaming in Black and White: Photography at the Julien Levy Gallery, to which this essay is indebted, Peter Barberie describes in detail the variety of 'stuff' collected by Levy and represented in the photographs offered here.  Among Levy's eccentric cache were studio portraits of boxers and actors, vintage and modern Nadar images, architectural and automotive studies, press photos, film stills, and found snapshots.  Walter Hege’s photographs were avidly collected by Levy, and were featured in the Modern European Photography show at the Levy Gallery in 1932.

Addi𒈔tional images iꦑn this lot may be found in our online catalogue.