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Print Specifications:
Photographer: Pierre Verger (French born, 1902 - 1996) - acclaimed and collected French born photographer who was one of the co-founders of Alliance Photo, an agency of independent photographers in France during the early 1930s. The agency included such famous names as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Andre Kertesz, Man Ray, Pierre Boucher and Robert Capa. Verger traveled the world in the 1930's with a photographic focus on undeveloped island cultures. In the late 1940's Verger settled in Salvador, Brazil, which he would call home for the rest of his life. In addition to his continuing photography, Verger became a self taught ethnographer and Yoruba priest achieving considerable academic and religious acclaim. For the rest of his extraordinary life Pierre Verger remained focused and devoted to the study of African culture, the "slave trade" and it's lineage assimulating into the "America's".
Subject: Semi nude male - South Pacific.
Date Of Negative: circa late 1920's - early 1930's
Type Of Print: Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure.
Date Of Print: 1935
Printmaker/Engraver: La Néogravure, Paris, France
Paper: Medium weight, matte finish
Print Origin: France
Approximate Image Size Inches: 11 x 8.75 inches
Approximate Image Size Metric: 28 x 22.5 centimeters
Mount Board Size Inches: 20 x 16 inches
Mount Board Size Metric: 50.8 x 40.6 centimetersMount Board Color: BlackPrint Border: No - full bleed print.
Condition Grade: Extra Fine ++
Verso: Professionally dry mounted with archival materials on 4ply museum mat board.
Registered Vintage Print Archive Serial #: 115P357
Certificate Of Authenticity (COA): Yes - individual hand signed COA
Shipping: USPS with MUSEUM QUALITY ARCHIVAL PACKING
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Finephoto is pleased to offer an authentic, genuine (NOT a modern reprint) vintage 1935 photogravure (also known as a héliogravure print) produced from the original negative/print of the photographer. This sheet fed photogravure print was printed in quality photogravure by the highly regarded Paris engraving house of La Néogravure. Whether you collect vintage photogravure prints or are simply looking for extraordinary home or business decor, this authentic vintage photogravure will frame and display beautifully!
This photogravure plate
is guaranteed to be authentic and comes with a hand signed CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICITY (COA) with unique individual registered
serial number from the Finephoto Vintage Archive & Database. Under
magnification this plate shows a tight "honeycomb" grid, excellent
pressing of ink and a wide range of tone - all indicative of a high
quality sheet fed gravure print. The watermark word "Finephoto" does not appear on the actual print.
READY FOR FRAMING & DISPLAY! - The expensive engraved copper plate photogravure process and the resulting fine prints make vintage photogravures highly collectible and excellent vintage prints for framing.Your vintage print will arrive ready to be placed directly into a standard size frame.
MUSEUM QUALITY PACKING & SHIPPING! - All vintage prints are expertly packed and shipped by USPS First Class Mail with Delivery Confirmation and Insurance.
Secure archival packaging includes water/tear resistant carrier, custom
made 275 lb. triple wall inserts, individual acid free black archival
backing boards, individual ultra clear heavy duty archival print
protectors and a hand signed Certificate Of Authenticity (COA) from Finephoto.
ABOUT PHOTOGRAVURE: Photogravure (or héliogravure)
is an intaglio print making process utilizing a carefully etched copper
plate made from the original negative/image. Prints are made by
pressing suitable paper heavily down upon the inked copper plate which
has been intricately etched to varying depths corresponding with the
actual tonality of the original negative, This precisely etched plate
combined with a fine "honeycomb" screen controls the amount of ink to
be transferred to the paper at any given point in direct proportion to
the variation of tone in the original image. The result is a true
continuous tone print which combines many qualities of a traditional
silver based photograph with a tactile feel similar to an etching,
engraving or lithograph.
Rich in tonal detail, the photogravure process produces delicately
rendered shades for a look which is unique in the world of photographic
print making. In the early to mid 1900's photogravure was selected
(when budgets allowed) for special high quality publishing and
portfolio projects, but due to its significant expense and labor, the
process is rarely seen today. From
Man Ray and Ruth Bernhard to Brett Weston and Ansel Adams, many of the
world's most renowned photographic masters have published their images in
the rich photogravure process.
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