Lucien (1934) Clergue Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Lucien (1934) Clergue Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 04, 2025
Lucien Clergue, Nee de la Vague
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Lucien Clergue Nee de la Vague 1968 heliogravure, gelatin silver print image (largest): 12.000 h x 19.000 w in (30 x 48 cm) image (smallest): 12.000 h x 3.125 w in (30 x 8 cm) sheet: 19.625 h x 12.750 w in (50 x 32 cm) Signed and numbered to colophon '9 Lucien Clergue'. Signed and numbered to lower edge of one work '9/175 Lucien Clergue'. This complete portfolio of 80 heliogravures and one gelatin silver print is number 9 from the edition of 175. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Feb. 27, 2025
Lucien Clergue (1934-2014) - Nu gardois, 1988
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
Vintage cibachrome print, printed in 1990 cm 50,6 x 40,4 (cm 49,5 x 33 picture) | 19.9 x 15.9 in. (19.5 x 13 in. picture) Edition 3 of 3 Numbered, signed, dated and titled in black ink on the verso
Finarte
Feb. 22, 2025
Lucien Clergue, France (1934-2014), untitled / matador and bull with angels, cibachrome photographic print, 11 1/2"H x 17 1/2"W(sight), 21"H x 25"W(frame)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Lucien Clergue France, (1934-2014) untitled / matador and bull with angels cibachrome photographic print Purchased from John Stevenson Gallery, NY. 2004 Biography from the Archives of askART: Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Lucien Clergue, Master and Promoter of Art Photography, Dies at 80 By PAUL VITELLONOV. 26, 2014 Lucien Clergue, one of the most acclaimed photographers in France and a founder of an annual festival in Arles that has become a mainstay of the art photography world, died on Nov. 15 in Nîmes, in the South of France. He was 80. The cause was cancer, his daughter Anne Clergue said. Mr. Clergue (pronounced klairg) enjoyed a national stature in France that was founded partly on his photographic work — modernist black-and-white studies of female nudes, harlequins, dead animals and bullfights — and partly on the strength of all-star patrons who vouched for him as an exemplar of the photographer-artist. His supporters, including Picasso, the poet and playwright Jean Cocteau, the American photographer Edward Steichen and the French literary critic and theorist Roland Barthes, advanced the idea that photography should be considered an art form on a par with painting. Mr. Clergue carried the banner for this concept throughout his career. In 2006, when he became the first photographer elected to the venerable and conservative Académie des Beaux-Arts, it was widely considered a nod of acceptance from the old guard not only for Mr. Clergue but also for his art. His first book, Corps Mémorables ("Memorable Bodies"), a collection of female nudes published in 1957, featured poems by Paul Éluard, a founder of Surrealism, and an introduction by Cocteau. Picasso designed the book's cover and a poster for a gallery exhibition of the photos in the book. When he was 19 Mr. Clergue met Picasso after stopping him on the street in Arles and insisting that he look at his photographs. In 1959 Steichen, as director of the photography department at the Museum of Modern Art, purchased 10 of Mr. Clergue's prints for the museum's permanent collection. Two years later he showed those and 50 more of Mr. Clergue's photos (along with others by Yasuhiro Ishimoto and Bill Brandt) in one of the last exhibitions he organized for MoMA. But Mr. Clergue's most enduring work, by some accounts, began in 1969, when he and two friends, Jean-Maurice Rouquette and Michel Tournier, founded the International Festival of Photography in Arles, the town in the South of France where Vincent van Gogh produced most of his paintings in 1888 and 1889. It was also where Mr. Clergue was born and spent most of his life. Beginning in 1970 with a show featuring work by Edward Weston, whom he considered an inspiration, Mr. Clergue and his partners attracted an ever-widening circle of photographers to the festival during the next 40 years — among them Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Mapplethorpe and Cindy Sherman. The event drew about 100,000 visitors last year. Phillip S. Block, the deputy director of programs at the International Center of Photography in Manhattan, said in an interview that the Arles festival had become "the epicenter of the world photography community." Mr. Clergue was born on Aug. 14, 1934, the only child of parents who divorced when he was 6. Sent to live with relatives in a remote area of France when World War II broke out, he returned during the German occupation to find his neighborhood reduced to rubble and his mother surviving by running a shop that sold food to prostitutes. He became the delivery boy. Mr. Clergue, who published 75 books, was something of a purist, refusing assignments from Vogue and other fashion magazines to concentrate on art photography. He worked in black and white almost exclusively. His early work embraced Provençal characters, including Gypsies and saltimbanques, the region's traveling acrobats and harlequins, who were among Picasso's early subjects as well. His photos of the flamenco guitarist Manitas de Plata, who died this month, helped bring his work to the attention of a global audience. He was mainly known for his nudes, which were widely admired for being both sensual and abstract — conveying their subjects' eroticism while also capturing patterns of light and dark on their flesh that evoked geological formations or hieroglyphics. His other favorite subject was dead or dying animals. The process of decay, he said, was a form of new life. He dedicated an entire book to pictures of bulls dying in the bullring. "Arles is in the delta of the Rhone, which deposits the cadavers of drowned animals on a spit of land 20 meters long," he told The New Yorker in 1961. "For two years I photographed its dead cats, dogs, sheep, chickens, flamingos and other creatures in various stages of metamorphosis. I wanted to explore the 'divers domaines de la mort.' It was like a dream." Besides his daughter Anne, he is survived by his wife, Yolande Clergue, an art curator; and another daughter, Olivia Clergue, a handbag designer whose godfather was Picasso.
Ripley Auctions
Feb. 22, 2025
Lucien Clergue, France (1934-2014), Temptation of Saint Anthony, 2002, cibachrome photographic print, 17 1/4"H x 11 3/4"W(sight), 26"H x 22"W(frame)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Lucien Clergue France, (1934-2014) Temptation of Saint Anthony, 2002 cibachrome photographic print Descriptive label verso. Numbered from an edition limited to 75? Worn label verso. Purchased from John Stevenson Gallery, NY. 2004 Biography from the Archives of askART: Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Lucien Clergue, Master and Promoter of Art Photography, Dies at 80 By PAUL VITELLONOV. 26, 2014 Lucien Clergue, one of the most acclaimed photographers in France and a founder of an annual festival in Arles that has become a mainstay of the art photography world, died on Nov. 15 in Nîmes, in the South of France. He was 80. The cause was cancer, his daughter Anne Clergue said. Mr. Clergue (pronounced klairg) enjoyed a national stature in France that was founded partly on his photographic work — modernist black-and-white studies of female nudes, harlequins, dead animals and bullfights — and partly on the strength of all-star patrons who vouched for him as an exemplar of the photographer-artist. His supporters, including Picasso, the poet and playwright Jean Cocteau, the American photographer Edward Steichen and the French literary critic and theorist Roland Barthes, advanced the idea that photography should be considered an art form on a par with painting. Mr. Clergue carried the banner for this concept throughout his career. In 2006, when he became the first photographer elected to the venerable and conservative Académie des Beaux-Arts, it was widely considered a nod of acceptance from the old guard not only for Mr. Clergue but also for his art. His first book, Corps Mémorables ("Memorable Bodies"), a collection of female nudes published in 1957, featured poems by Paul Éluard, a founder of Surrealism, and an introduction by Cocteau. Picasso designed the book's cover and a poster for a gallery exhibition of the photos in the book. When he was 19 Mr. Clergue met Picasso after stopping him on the street in Arles and insisting that he look at his photographs. In 1959 Steichen, as director of the photography department at the Museum of Modern Art, purchased 10 of Mr. Clergue's prints for the museum's permanent collection. Two years later he showed those and 50 more of Mr. Clergue's photos (along with others by Yasuhiro Ishimoto and Bill Brandt) in one of the last exhibitions he organized for MoMA. But Mr. Clergue's most enduring work, by some accounts, began in 1969, when he and two friends, Jean-Maurice Rouquette and Michel Tournier, founded the International Festival of Photography in Arles, the town in the South of France where Vincent van Gogh produced most of his paintings in 1888 and 1889. It was also where Mr. Clergue was born and spent most of his life. Beginning in 1970 with a show featuring work by Edward Weston, whom he considered an inspiration, Mr. Clergue and his partners attracted an ever-widening circle of photographers to the festival during the next 40 years — among them Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Mapplethorpe and Cindy Sherman. The event drew about 100,000 visitors last year. Phillip S. Block, the deputy director of programs at the International Center of Photography in Manhattan, said in an interview that the Arles festival had become "the epicenter of the world photography community." Mr. Clergue was born on Aug. 14, 1934, the only child of parents who divorced when he was 6. Sent to live with relatives in a remote area of France when World War II broke out, he returned during the German occupation to find his neighborhood reduced to rubble and his mother surviving by running a shop that sold food to prostitutes. He became the delivery boy. Mr. Clergue, who published 75 books, was something of a purist, refusing assignments from Vogue and other fashion magazines to concentrate on art photography. He worked in black and white almost exclusively. His early work embraced Provençal characters, including Gypsies and saltimbanques, the region's traveling acrobats and harlequins, who were among Picasso's early subjects as well. His photos of the flamenco guitarist Manitas de Plata, who died this month, helped bring his work to the attention of a global audience. He was mainly known for his nudes, which were widely admired for being both sensual and abstract — conveying their subjects' eroticism while also capturing patterns of light and dark on their flesh that evoked geological formations or hieroglyphics. His other favorite subject was dead or dying animals. The process of decay, he said, was a form of new life. He dedicated an entire book to pictures of bulls dying in the bullring. "Arles is in the delta of the Rhone, which deposits the cadavers of drowned animals on a spit of land 20 meters long," he told The New Yorker in 1961. "For two years I photographed its dead cats, dogs, sheep, chickens, flamingos and other creatures in various stages of metamorphosis. I wanted to explore the 'divers domaines de la mort.' It was like a dream." Besides his daughter Anne, he is survived by his wife, Yolande Clergue, an art curator; and another daughter, Olivia Clergue, a handbag designer whose godfather was Picasso.
Ripley Auctions
Feb. 22, 2025
LUCIEN CLERGUE, PICASSO EXHIBITION AT FAIR GALLERY, POSTER
Est: $250 - $350
Artist: Lucien Clergue, French (1934 - 2014) Title: Picasso Exhibition at Fair Gallery Year: 1981 Medium: Poster Size: 32 in. x 17.5 in. (81.28 cm x 44.45 cm) Description: The poster advertising the Lucien Clergue "Picasso" Exhibition at Fair Gallery from 1981. It features a photograph of Pablo Picasso smoking a cigarette, taken by French photographer Lucien Clergue. At the bottom in silver and white are the details for the exhibition.
RoGallery
Feb. 21, 2025
Lucien Clergue Photo - ""Acrobate a la Porte, Arles" "
Est: $1,500 - $2,250
Lucien Clergue (French, 1934-2014). "Acrobate a la Porte, Arles" silver gelatin print, 1955. Edition of 30. Purportedly signed in ink on recto and verso. An enticing silver gelatin print by world-renowned photographer Lucien Clergue depicting a young saltimbanque or acrobat standing in a doorway amongst piles of rubble; the ruins of the Arles after the bombing of France during World War II. This photograph comes from a collection of images of circus people created by the photographer at the young age of 21. In this collection, Clergue stages his characters amongst the wreckage of not only his hometown, but notably the debris of his own house as well. The contrast of character and setting - a circus performer in the ruins of war - express the artist's need to create in a world of silence where time itself seems frozen. Size of photo: 13.125" W x 16.25" H (33.3 cm x 41.3 cm); of frame: 25.25" W x 29.25" H (64.1 cm x 74.3 cm) About the artist: "Clergue was an internationally recognized art photographer who established his career by photographing circus members, musicians, and harlequins in Southern France. Alongside other creatives who advocated for the recognition of photography as a legitimate art form - including Roland Barthes, Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, and Edward Steichen - Clergue's work became a blueprint for art photography. His intention to fashion himself as an artist was clear from the outset, as he rejected commercial work in favor of projects that captured specific ideas and forms. Clergue photographed a range of subjects, including female nudes, animals, street scenes, and intimate portraits of Modern artists and friends like Cocteau and Picasso?almost always in black and white. Although Clergue did not receive a formal postsecondary education, he learned photography in his early teenage years and began working with Picasso at nineteen. Clergue's work has been exhibited at institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Marmottan Museum, Paris; Art Institute of Chicago; Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta; and Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich. Clergue's work is primarily held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Fogg Museum, Harvard University. The artist worked with writer Michel Tournier and historian Jean-Maurice Rouqette to found the Rencontres d'Arles, an internationally-known photography festival in his hometown of Arles. In 2006, Clergue became the first photographer to be elected to the French Academy of the Arts in Paris." (Bate Museum of Art website, "Lucien Clergue Biography") Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. SHIPPING EXCEPTIONS: Due to customs clearance issues, we are unable to ship to Germany, Switzerland and Australia. If you live in Germany, Switzerland or Australia, you will need to provide an alternate shipping destination, or we will not be able to complete your purchase. In addition, please note that we are unable to ship ancient items back to the original country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.) PAYMENT EXCEPTION: Unless a known customer of Artemis, payment for all gold / precious metal / gem lots must be made via Bank Wire Transfer or Certified Bank Check/Money Order, no exceptions. #191256
Artemis Fine Arts
Jan. 23, 2025
Lucien Clergue Photo - ""Acrobate a la Porte, Arles" "
Est: $1,600 - $2,500
Lucien Clergue (French, 1934-2014). "Acrobate a la Porte, Arles" silver gelatin print, 1955. Edition of 30. Purportedly signed in ink on recto and verso. An enticing silver gelatin print by world-renowned photographer Lucien Clergue depicting a young saltimbanque or acrobat standing in a doorway amongst piles of rubble; the ruins of the Arles after the bombing of France during World War II. This photograph comes from a collection of images of circus people created by the photographer at the young age of 21. In this collection, Clergue stages his characters amongst the wreckage of not only his hometown, but notably the debris of his own house as well. The contrast of character and setting - a circus performer in the ruins of war - express the artist's need to create in a world of silence where time itself seems frozen. Size of photo: 13.125" W x 16.25" H (33.3 cm x 41.3 cm); of frame: 25.25" W x 29.25" H (64.1 cm x 74.3 cm) About the artist: "Clergue was an internationally recognized art photographer who established his career by photographing circus members, musicians, and harlequins in Southern France. Alongside other creatives who advocated for the recognition of photography as a legitimate art form - including Roland Barthes, Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, and Edward Steichen - Clergue's work became a blueprint for art photography. His intention to fashion himself as an artist was clear from the outset, as he rejected commercial work in favor of projects that captured specific ideas and forms. Clergue photographed a range of subjects, including female nudes, animals, street scenes, and intimate portraits of Modern artists and friends like Cocteau and Picasso?almost always in black and white. Although Clergue did not receive a formal postsecondary education, he learned photography in his early teenage years and began working with Picasso at nineteen. Clergue's work has been exhibited at institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Marmottan Museum, Paris; Art Institute of Chicago; Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta; and Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich. Clergue's work is primarily held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Fogg Museum, Harvard University. The artist worked with writer Michel Tournier and historian Jean-Maurice Rouqette to found the Rencontres d'Arles, an internationally-known photography festival in his hometown of Arles. In 2006, Clergue became the first photographer to be elected to the French Academy of the Arts in Paris." (Bate Museum of Art website, "Lucien Clergue Biography") Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. SHIPPING EXCEPTIONS: Due to customs clearance issues, we are unable to ship to Germany, Switzerland and Australia. If you live in Germany, Switzerland or Australia, you will need to provide an alternate shipping destination, or we will not be able to complete your purchase. In addition, please note that we are unable to ship ancient items back to the original country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.) PAYMENT EXCEPTION: Unless a known customer of Artemis, payment for all gold / precious metal / gem lots must be made via Bank Wire Transfer or Certified Bank Check/Money Order, no exceptions. #191256
Artemis Gallery
Dec. 20, 2024
Lucien Clergue Photo - "Acrobat, Saltimbanque" (1955)
Est: $1,100 - $1,650
Lucien Clergue (French, 1934-2014). "Acrobate a la Porte, Arles" silver gelatin print, 1955. Edition of 30. Hand-signed at lower right beneath image. An enticing silver gelatin print by world-renowned photographer Lucien Clergue depicting a young saltimbanque or acrobat standing in a doorway amongst piles of rubble; the ruins of the Arles after the bombing of France during World War II. This photograph comes from a collection of images of circus people created by the photographer at the young age of 21. In this collection, Clergue stages his characters amongst the wreckage of not only his hometown, but notably the debris of his own house as well. The contrast of character and setting - a circus performer in the ruins of war - express the artist's need to create in a world of silence where time itself seems frozen. Size of image: 10.5" W x 14" H (26.7 cm x 35.6 cm); of frame: 18.6" W x 22.6" H (47.2 cm x 57.4 cm) About the artist: "Clergue was an internationally recognized art photographer who established his career by photographing circus members, musicians, and harlequins in Southern France. Alongside other creatives who advocated for the recognition of photography as a legitimate art form - including Roland Barthes, Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, and Edward Steichen - Clergue's work became a blueprint for art photography. His intention to fashion himself as an artist was clear from the outset, as he rejected commercial work in favor of projects that captured specific ideas and forms. Clergue photographed a range of subjects, including female nudes, animals, street scenes, and intimate portraits of Modern artists and friends like Cocteau and Picassoalmost always in black and white. Although Clergue did not receive a formal postsecondary education, he learned photography in his early teenage years and began working with Picasso at nineteen. Clergue's work has been exhibited at institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Marmottan Museum, Paris; Art Institute of Chicago; Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta; and Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich. Clergue's work is primarily held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Fogg Museum, Harvard University. The artist worked with writer Michel Tournier and historian Jean-Maurice Rouqette to found the Rencontres d'Arles, an internationally-known photography festival in his hometown of Arles. In 2006, Clergue became the first photographer to be elected to the French Academy of the Arts in Paris." (Bate Museum of Art website, "Lucien Clergue Biography") Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection, acquired from Throckmorton Fine Art, New York, New York USA, April 1, 2017 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. SHIPPING EXCEPTIONS: Due to customs clearance issues, we are unable to ship to Germany, Switzerland and Australia. If you live in Germany, Switzerland or Australia, you will need to provide an alternate shipping destination, or we will not be able to complete your purchase. In addition, please note that we are unable to ship ancient items back to the original country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.) PAYMENT EXCEPTION: Unless a known customer of Artemis, payment for all gold / precious metal / gem lots must be made via Bank Wire Transfer or Certified Bank Check/Money Order, no exceptions. #189821
Artemis Gallery
Dec. 18, 2024
LUCIEN CLERGUE, NU DE LA MER (NO. 5), GELATIN SILVER PRINT
Est: $3,500 - $5,000
Artist: Lucien Clergue, French (1934 - 2014) Title: Nu de la Mer (No. 5) Year: circa 1979 Medium: Gelatin Silver Print, signed and numbered in marker Edition: 50 Image Size: 14 x 20.5 inches Size: 16.5 in. x 23 in. (41.91 cm x 58.42 cm)
RoGallery
Dec. 18, 2024
Lucien Clergue (1934-2014) - Genèse, Camargue, 1962
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Gelatin silver print, printed in 1982 cm 58 x 44,5 (cm 42,3 x 39,2 picture) | 22.8 x 17.5 in. (16.7 x 15.4 in. picture) Edition 11 of 20 Signed in black ink on the white inferior recto margin and titled, dated, numbered, dedicated and signed in black ink on the verso The print is dedicated to the actor Paolo Poli Framed
Finarte
Dec. 18, 2024
Lucien Clergue (1934-2014) - Nu à Zabriskie Point, 1981
Est: €600 - €800
Vintage gelatin silver print cm 22 x 30,3 (cm 16,9 x 25 picture) | 8.7 x 11.9 in. (6.7 x 9.9 in. picture) Dated, signed and titled in pencil with photographer's credit stamp on the verso EXHIBITIONS Il Corpo Rivelato, Galleria Lotti, Bologna e Chiostro Brunelleschiano degli Innocenti, Florence, 1982-1983
Finarte
Dec. 12, 2024
Lucien Clergue, Nu de la plage, Camargue
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Lucien Clergue Nu de la plage, Camargue 1975 gelatin silver print image: 15.25 h x 11.125 w in (39 x 28 cm) mount: 18 h x 13.5 w in (46 x 34 cm) Signed and numbered to mount '22/50 Lucien Clergue'. Signed, dated and inscribed to verso 'For Alan with a lot of thanks and my admiration. Sincerely, Lucien Clergue Aug. 22, 1975'. This work is number 22 from the edition of 50. Provenance: Gift from the artist, Private Collection This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Dec. 12, 2024
Lucien Clergue, Nu de la Mer, Camargue
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Lucien Clergue Nu de la Mer, Camargue c. 1965 / printed later gelatin silver print image: 14.375 h x 20.625 w in (37 x 52 cm) sheet: 16.375 h x 22.875 w in (42 x 58 cm) Signed and numbered to lower margin '47/50 Lucien Clergue'. This work is number 47 from the edition of 50. This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Dec. 12, 2024
Lucien Clergue, Untitled (Shadow on Sand)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Lucien Clergue Untitled (Shadow on Sand) 1960-65 / printed later gelatin silver print 23.625 h x 19.75 w in (60 x 50 cm) Signed, numbered and inscribed to verso 'Lucien Clergue ref. 303/7 1/20' with artist's stamp 'Photographies Lucien Clergue Arles-Sur-Rhone reproduction interdite'. This work is number 1 from the edition of 20. Provenance: Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Dec. 05, 2024
[NUDE PHOTOGRAPHY] CLERGUE, LUCIEN (1934-2014). NÉE DE LA VAGUE
Est: €120 - €240
1968. Lausanne, Heliographia, 1968. Two vintage heliogravures mounted on Aussedat wove paper (blinst. bottom left corner), signed in pencil on the mounts. Excellent condition. (total 2)
Zwiggelaar Auctions
Dec. 05, 2024
Lucien Clergue, Nu zèbré, New York City, 2007
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
CLERGUE, LUCIEN (1934–2014) Nu zèbré, New York City, 2007, printed 2009 by Kathy Cooper and Lucien Clergue. Large format gelatin silver print, 14 3/4 x 22 1/2 inches (232 x 320 mm ) on larger sheet, signed by Clergue in ink in margin (l.r.), the verso signed, dated, titled, numbered 4 from the edition of 30 and annotated. Two inobtrusive soft creases were noted in raking light, one at the extreme lower right of the image, the other in the dark area at the upper center. Framed. Clergue's zebra nudes are uncommon printed in a larger format as here. Visible scratch
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Nov. 29, 2024
Lucien Clergue, Nu de la mer, 1959
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Signed and dated in crayon as well as photographer's stamp on the verso.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Nov. 26, 2024
Lucien Clergue, 1934-2015, Portfolio. Toros, toreros et centaures avec Pablo Picasso. 45 photographies de Lucien Clergue
Est: CHF7,000 - CHF10,000
Mostly signed lower right, Photograph-Copyright-Stamp "Photographie by Lucien Clergue on verso, W.P. 84, 13632 Arles", 1/3 and dated. in 16 (of which two signed) Passepartouts, one print mounted on support. Handwritten and signed title page and index of plates, with signed and dated dedication to Jenny und Georges Bloch on verso. In silk cassette (H 655 mm B 535 mm).
Germann Auction House Ltd
Nov. 22, 2024
Lucien Clergue Photo - "Acrobat, Saltimbanque" (1955)
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Lucien Clergue (French, 1934-2014). "Acrobate a la Porte, Arles" silver gelatin print, 1955. Edition of 30. Hand-signed at lower right beneath image. An enticing silver gelatin print by world-renowned photographer Lucien Clergue depicting a young saltimbanque or acrobat standing in a doorway amongst piles of rubble; the ruins of the Arles after the bombing of France during World War II. This photograph comes from a collection of images of circus people created by the photographer at the young age of 21. In this collection, Clergue stages his characters amongst the wreckage of not only his hometown, but notably the debris of his own house as well. The contrast of character and setting - a circus performer in the ruins of war - express the artist's need to create in a world of silence where time itself seems frozen. Size of image: 10.5" W x 14" H (26.7 cm x 35.6 cm); of frame: 18.6" W x 22.6" H (47.2 cm x 57.4 cm) About the artist: "Clergue was an internationally recognized art photographer who established his career by photographing circus members, musicians, and harlequins in Southern France. Alongside other creatives who advocated for the recognition of photography as a legitimate art form - including Roland Barthes, Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, and Edward Steichen - Clergue's work became a blueprint for art photography. His intention to fashion himself as an artist was clear from the outset, as he rejected commercial work in favor of projects that captured specific ideas and forms. Clergue photographed a range of subjects, including female nudes, animals, street scenes, and intimate portraits of Modern artists and friends like Cocteau and Picassoalmost always in black and white. Although Clergue did not receive a formal postsecondary education, he learned photography in his early teenage years and began working with Picasso at nineteen. Clergue's work has been exhibited at institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Marmottan Museum, Paris; Art Institute of Chicago; Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta; and Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich. Clergue's work is primarily held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Fogg Museum, Harvard University. The artist worked with writer Michel Tournier and historian Jean-Maurice Rouqette to found the Rencontres d'Arles, an internationally-known photography festival in his hometown of Arles. In 2006, Clergue became the first photographer to be elected to the French Academy of the Arts in Paris." (Bate Museum of Art website, "Lucien Clergue Biography") Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection, acquired from Throckmorton Fine Art, New York, New York USA, April 1, 2017 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #189821
Artemis Gallery
Nov. 15, 2024
Lucien Clergue (1934-2014) - Untitled, 2005
Est: €800 - €1,200
Inkjet print cm 38,6 x 50,3 (cm 31,5 x 46,3 picture) | 15.2 x 19.8 in. (12.4 x 18.2 in. picture) Edition 3 of 8 Numbered and signed in black ink on the white inferior recto margin and dated with Museo Ken Damy in black ink on the verso
Finarte
Nov. 15, 2024
Lucien Clergue (1934-2014) - Genèse, 1973
Est: €60 - €90
Volume by Saint John Perse, edited by Pierre Belfond, Paris cm 34,5 x 25,5 x 1,3 | 13.6 x 10 x 0.5 in. Hardcover, text in french
Finarte
Nov. 15, 2024
Lucien Clergue (1934-2014) - Corps Memorable, 1957
Est: €120 - €180
Volume by Paul Eluard, edited by Editions Seghers, France cm 30,5 x 24,9 x 2 | 12 x 9.8 x 0.8 in. Volume with 15 offset prints applied Hardcover, text in french
Finarte
Oct. 19, 2024
LUCIEN CLERGUE : Turck, Eva-Monika (Hrsg.); Lucien Clergue. Poésie photographique.
Est: €1,500 - €1,850
LUCIEN CLERGUE Arles 1934 - 2014 Nîmes Turck, Eva-Monika (Hrsg.); Lucien Clergue. Poésie photographique. Mit beigelegtem Original-Baryt-Abzug „Nu étoilé“ (Photographie La Garde Freinet, 1971) 2003 und Photoband (4°; engl./dt./franz.) mit einem Vorwort von M. Heiting und Text von Ivo Kranzfelder. München, Prestel, 2003. Folio. Lose in Orig.-Umschlag und OKalikobd. mit illustr. Schutzumschlag (144 SS; eingelassen in) OLwd./Pp.-Kassette. Expl. 28/30 der Vorzugsausgabe (auf Kassette numeriert). Baryt-Abzug:: Signiert und numeriert „XXVIII/XXX“ sowie verso handschriftlich bezeichnet „© 1971 by L. Clergue - printed 2003 - Nu étoilé, Provence 1971 - Ref 102/21“. Auf Baryt-Papier. 31,2 x 23,1 cm (Blatt: 40,3 x 30,3 cm). Buch neuwertig. Kassette leicht berieben. Der Photoband bietet ein Überblick über das Werk des u.a. als Aktphotograph und Bildchronist der letzten Jahre Picassos bekannten Künstlers. Beiliegt: „Trois nus au rideau“. Photographie 1985, Baryt-Abzug 2003. Expl. XVIII/XXX. Signiert und numeriert sowie verso handschriftlich bezeichnet „© 1985 by L. Clergue - printed 2003 On Warmtone - Trois nus au rideau, Madrid 1985 - Ref 85007/32“. Auf Baryt-Papier. 23,1 x 29,7 cm (Blatt: 30,3 x 40,3 cm). Beide Baryt-Abzüge in sehr gutem Zustand. [ms]
Winterberg-Kunst
Oct. 15, 2024
Lucien Clergue (1934-2014) - Untitled (Nude), 2000
Est: €800 - €1,200
Inkjet print in kodak paper cm 50,3 x 40,3 (cm 46,2 x 34 picture) | 19.8 x 15.8 in. (18.1 x 13.3 in. picture) Edition 4 of 8 Numbered and signed in black ink on the white inferior recto margin and dated with note Museo Ken Damy in black ink on the verso
Finarte
Oct. 10, 2024
Clergue, Lucien: Unvergesslicher Leib
Est: €100 - €150
Clergue, Lucien. - Eluard, P. Unvergeßlicher Leib. Zwölf Fotos. 33 S., 1 Bl. Mit 12 ganzs. Fotografien von Lucien Clergue. 27 x 18,5 cm. Roter OKunstlederband mit illustr. OUmschlag (dieser mit einigen wenigen minimalen Randeinrissen und leicht berieben) von P. Picasso. Bonn, H. M. Hieronimi, 1963. -- Heidtmann 5882. – Erste deutsche Ausgabe der ersten, im franz. Original 1957 erschienenen Buchpublikation des Fotografen. Druck in Rot und Schwarz. Vortitel mit mehrzeiliger eigenhändiger Widmung von Lucien Clergue (1934-2014) an einen Berliner Galeristen (datiert: Berlin, 20.01.1998). Mit einem beiliegenden Zettel des Verlages ("Dieses Buch ist ein Werk von höchstem literarischem und ästhetischem Anspruch, gehört jedoch nicht in die Hände von Jugendlichen. Wir bitten die Kollegen beim Buchhandel, entsprechend zu verfahren.") – Gutes Exemplar.
Bassenge Auctions
Sep. 25, 2024
Lucien Clergue (1934-2014)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Artist: Lucien Clergue Title: "Nude on a beach, Camargue 1971" / printed 2006 Medium: gelatin silver print Dimensions: image: 13.75 h × 9.5 w" on sheet: 16 h × 12 w in (40 × 30 cm) Signed in graphite to verso, titled in ink also to verso
Caza Sikes
Sep. 25, 2024
Lucien Clergue (1934-2014)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Artist: Lucien Clergue Title: "Les géantes, Camargue" 1972 / printed 1978 Medium: gelatin silver print Dimensions: image: 9⅝ h × 14 w" on sheet: 11⅝ h × 15½ w in (30 × 39 cm) Signed to lower right 'Lucien Clergue'. titled, dated and numbered to verso ‘Giants Camargue 1978 - ref 78051/19 ex AP Lucien Clergue’ with artist's stamp.
Caza Sikes
Sep. 05, 2024
Lucien Clergue (French, 1934-2014) "Waiting With Light" Silver Print
Est: $100 - $1,000
DESCRIPTION: Silver print photograph by Lucien Clergue (French, 1934-2014) entitled "Waiting with Light". Signed at lower right. Inscription at reverse of sheet: "[copyright] 1962 by Lucien Clergue - printed 1980 by Lucien Clergue - 'Waiting with Light', 1962 -Camar[g?]ue - ex 7/20 GF". CIRCA: Printed 1980 ORIGIN: French DIMENSIONS: (Sight) H: 18" W: 21.25" (Sheet) H: 19.25" W: 23" (Frame) H: 24" W: 27" CONDITION: Some minor discoloration to margins, not visible in frame. Glass has a chip at upper right corner, with an associated minor crack. Unless otherwise stated, all information provided is the opinion of our specialists. Should you have any specific questions regarding the condition of this lot, please use the ask question button or send us an email.
Akiba Galleries
Sep. 05, 2024
Lucien Clergue (French, b. 1934â2014) Erotic Silver Gelatin Photography Print
Est: $100 - $1,000
DESCRIPTION: Lucien Clergue (French, b. 1934â2014) Silver gelatin print, ink signed (Lower Right) 'Lucien Clergue' Photographer's Inscription at recto: '1984 by Lucien Clergue-Printed 1990 By Dufavor Ciba- Phoraena, Camargue, 1981' Mounted in steel frame. CIRCA: 1984 / 1990 ORIGIN: France DIMENSIONS: (Sheet) H: 20" x L: 16" (Image) H: 17" x L: 11.5" CONDITION: Great overall condition. Unless otherwise stated, all information provided is the opinion of our specialists. Should you have any specific questions regarding the condition of this lot, please use the ask question button or send us an email.
Akiba Galleries
Sep. 05, 2024
Lucien Clergue (French, b. 1934â2014) 'Nude At Pebble Beach' Fresson Print
Est: $100 - $1,000
DESCRIPTION: Lucien Clergue (French, b. 1934â2014) Fresson print titled: 'Nude At Pebble Beach' Photographers inscription at recto: 1982 By Lucien Clergue, Printed 1989 by Fresson, Nude At Pebble Beach' Carmel, 1982-Ref 82011/28, Ex 4/20PF, 82011/28' mounted in steel frame. CIRCA: 1982/1989 ORIGIN: France DIMENSIONS: (Sheet) H: 15.5" x L: 11.75" (Frame) H: CONDITION: Great overall condition. Unless otherwise stated, all information provided is the opinion of our specialists. Should you have any specific questions regarding the condition of this lot, please use the ask question button or send us an email.
Akiba Galleries
Sep. 05, 2024
Lucien Clergue (French, 1934-2014) Jacques Henri Lartique Silver Print Photograph
Est: $100 - $1,000
DESCRIPTION: Silver print portrait of Jacques-Henri Lartique by Lucien Clergue (French, 1934-2014). Hand signed at lower right. Inscription at reverse of sheet: "[copyright] 1973 by Lucien Clergue printed 1985 by Lucien Clergue. Ref:.)HL 73- ex: 2/20 PF". CIRCA: Printed 1985 ORIGIN: French DIMENSIONS: (Sight) H: 15.5" W: 10.75" (Frame) H: 21" W: 16" CONDITION: Great condition. Unless otherwise stated, all information provided is the opinion of our specialists. Should you have any specific questions regarding the condition of this lot, please use the ask question button or send us an email.
Akiba Galleries
Aug. 20, 2024
Lucien Clergue (1934-2014) Vertical (Beach) Gelatin Silver Print
Est: $100 - $1,000
DESCRIPTION: Lucien Clergue (1934-2014) Vertical Gelatin silver print, (Beach, Ocean) Inscribed at verso: '1988 By Lucien Clergue, Printed 1989 by Clergue) mounted in frame. CIRCA: 1988 ORIGIN: USA DIMENSIONS: (Image) H: 30.5" x L: 10.25" (Sheet) H: 31.75" x L: 12.25" (Frame) H: 36.5" x L: 15.75" CONDITION: Great overall condition Unless otherwise stated, all information provided is the opinion of our specialists. Should you have any specific questions regarding the condition of this lot, please use the ask question button or send us an email.
Akiba Galleries
Aug. 20, 2024
Lucien Clergue (1934-2014) Fresson Print (Nude & Shadows, Minneapolis)
Est: $500 - $1,500
DESCRIPTION: Lucien Clergue (1934-2014) Fresson print, (Nude and Shadows, Minneapolis, 1986 / 1990) Signed: 'L. Clergue' (Lower Right) Verso pencil inscribed at verso: '1988 by Lucien Clergue, printed 1990 by Fresson, Oumbre de Nu, Minneapolis, 1986, Ref 86028/11a, ex 7/20 MF' Label at frame verso: 'Lucien Clergue, Dancer, 1980s Fresson' mounted in frame. CIRCA: 1986 (Later Printed) ORIGIN: France DIMENSIONS: (Image) H: 13.25" x L: 19.75" (Sheet) H: 16.5" x L: 22" (Frame) H: 20.75" x L: 26.5" CONDITION: Great overall condition. Unless otherwise stated, all information provided is the opinion of our specialists. Should you have any specific questions regarding the condition of this lot, please use the ask question button or send us an email.
Akiba Galleries
Jul. 10, 2024
Lucien Clergue, Violinist, Arles; Saltimbanques: Dancer and Violinist, Arles (two works)
Est: $700 - $900
Lucien Clergue Violinist, Arles; Saltimbanques: Dancer and Violinist, Arles (two works) 1954, 1955 / printed 1983 gelatin silver print 12 h x 9 w in (30 x 23 cm) 10.375 h x 9.5 w in (26 x 24 cm) Signed to one work 'Lucien Clergue'. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed to verso 'Saltimbanques: dancer and violinist, Arles by Lucien Clergue 1955 ref duo 14'. Signed, titled and dated to verso of additional work © and printed 1983 by Lucien Clergue - Violinist Arles 1954 Lucien Clergue'. This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Jul. 04, 2024
LUCIEN CLERGUE (1934-2014). Jean Cocteau sur le tournage du Testament d'Orphée. Circa 1959.
Est: €500 - €800
LUCIEN CLERGUE (1934-2014). Jean Cocteau sur le tournage du Testament d'Orphée. Circa 1959. Tirage argentique postérieur de 2002, sous passe-partout et encadré. Sur recto, marge du bas, signature à l'encre noire de l'auteur. Sur verso, annotations manuscrites à l'encre noire "© 2005 by L. Clergue - printed 2002 by L. Clergue and R. Leslie - Jean Cocteau (...) - un Testament d'Orphée Les Baux 1959 (...) Ex 11/30 PF" et signature de l'auteur. Format visuel environ 29,5 x 26,5 cm Visual format roughly 11 39/64 x 10 7/16 in. Format avec marges environ 39 x 29,5 cm Format with margins roughly 15 23/64 x 11 39/64 in. Late silver print, 2002, matted and framed. On the front, bottom margin, the author's signature in black ink. On verso, handwritten annotations in black ink ‘© 2005 by L. Clergue - printed 2002 by L. Clergue and R. Leslie - Jean Cocteau (...) - un Testament d'Orphée Les Baux 1959 (...) Ex 11/30 PF’ and signature of the author. PROVENANCE Collection privée, Paris EXPERT POUR CE LOT Mme Isabelle Cazeils
Aguttes
Jun. 28, 2024
NÉE DE LA VAGUE.
Est: €100 - €150
In-4°. - Édition originale. Photographies de nus en noir et blanc superbement imprimées en héliogravure.
Arenberg Auctions
Jun. 17, 2024
Lucien Clergue (1934-2014) - Untitled (Nude), 2000
Est: €800 - €1,200
Inkjet print cm 50 x 40 (cm 46,5 x 34 picture) | 19.6 x 15.7 in. (18.3 x 13.4 in. picture) Edition 4 of 8 Numbered and signed in black ink on the white inferior recto margin and dated with "Museo Ken Damy" note in black ink on the verso
Finarte
Jun. 17, 2024
Lucien Clergue (1934-2014) - Untitled (Nude), 2000
Est: €800 - €1,200
Inkjet print cm 50 x 40 (cm 46,5 x 34 picture) | 19.6 x 15.7 in. (18.3 x 13.4 in. picture) Edition 3 of 8 Numbered and signed in black ink on the white inferior recto margin and dated with "Museo Ken Damy" note in black ink on the verso
Finarte
Jun. 17, 2024
Lucien Clergue (1934-2014) - Nu de la Mer, Camargue, 1966
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Gelatin silver print, printed in 1970s/1980s cm 50 x 40 | 19.7 x 15.7 in. Photographer's credit stamp on the verso
Finarte
Jun. 11, 2024
Lucien Clergue. Nu zèbre, New York
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
CLERGUE, LUCIEN (1934–2014) Nu zèbré, New York City, 2007, printed 2011 by K. Cooper and Lucien Clergue. Large format gelatin silver print, 21 1/2 x 13 3/4 (320 x 232 mm) on larger sheet, signed by Clergue in ink in margin (l.r.), the verso signed, dated, titled, numbered 2 from the edition of 30 and annotated. Two inobtrusive soft creases were noted in raking light, one at the extreme lower right of the image, the other in the dark area at the upper center. Framed. Clergue's zebra nudes are uncommon printed in a larger format as here.
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jun. 05, 2024
LUCIEN CLERGUE (1934–2014)
Est: €3,500 - €4,000
LUCIEN CLERGUE (1934–2014) | 'Shadow on the beach', from the series 'Née de la vague', c. 1965 Image Size: 60 x 50,2 cm English: Large format gelatin silver print, printed in the 1980s on double-weight glossy paper, in very good condition. Signed in ink, photographer's "Reproduction interdite" stamp with handwritten image number "ref. 303/7", handwritten edition note "Ex no. 1/20" as well as edition stamp "Lucien Clergue a tir´dans son atelier à Arles-sur-Rhône, 20 exemplaires de cette photographie extraite de la suite:" with handwritten addition "Ombre sur la plage" in black felt-tip pen on the reverse. LITERATURE Lucien Clergue, Née de la vague, Editions Pierre Belfond, 1968, n. p. Only the feet of a woman standing on the shore are visible at the top edge of the picture – her huge, distorted shadow, cast over the damp sandy beach when the sun is low, dominates this impressive image. This representative and large-format print ideally emphasizes the qualities of the photograph. * Fully Taxed subject to resale right Deutsch: Großformatiger Silbergelatineabzug, geprintet in den 1980er Jahren auf kartonstarkem, glänzendem Papier, in sehr gutem Zustand. Rückseitig signiert mit Tinte, Fotografenstempel mit "Reproduction interdite"-Vermerk sowie handschriftlicher Ergänzung "ref. 303/7", handschriftlicher Vermerk des Editionsexemplars "Ex no. 1/20" sowie Editionsstempel "Lucien Clergue a tir´dans son atelier à Arles-sur-Rhône, 20 exemplaires de cette photographie extraite de la suite:" und handschriftlicher Ergänzung "Ombre sur la plage" mit schwarzem Filzstift. LITERATUR Lucien Clergue, Née de la vague, Editions Pierre Belfond, 1968, o. P. Von einer am Ufer stehenden Frau sind lediglich die Füße am obersten Bildrand sichtbar – bildbeherrschend ist ihr riesenhaft verzerrter Schatten, wie er bei tiefem Sonnenstand über den feuchten Sandstrand geworfen wird. Dieser repräsentative und großformatige Abzug bringt die Qualitäten der Aufnahme ideal zur Geltung. * Vollbesteuert folgerechtspflichtig
OstLicht Auctions
Jun. 05, 2024
LUCIEN CLERGUE (1934–2014)
Est: €3,500 - €4,000
LUCIEN CLERGUE (1934–2014) | 'Dying Bull', Nîmes, France 1963 Image Size: 59,8 x 49,2 cm English: Large format gelatin silver print, printed in the 1980s on double-weight glossy paper, in excellent condition. Signed in ink, photographer's "Reproduction interdite" stamp with handwritten image number "ref. 142", handwritten edition note "Ex no. 9/20" as well as edition stamp "Lucien Clergue a tiré dans son atelier à Arles-sur-Rhône, 20 exemplaires de cette photographie extraite de la suite:" with handwritten addition "Torres Muertos" in black felt-tip pen on the reverse. LITERATURE Lucien Clergue, Eros and Thanatos, New York / Boston 1985, ill. 58. * Fully Taxed subject to resale right Deutsch: Großformatiger Silbergelatineabzug, geprintet in den 1980er Jahren auf kartonstarkem, glänzendem Papier, in ausgezeichnetem Zustand. Rückseitig signiert mit Tinte, Fotografenstempel mit "Reproduction interdite"-Vermerk sowie handschriftlicher Ergänzung "ref. 142", handschriftlicher Vermerk des Editionsexemplars "Ex no. 9/20" sowie Editionsstempel "Lucien Clergue a tiré dans son atelier à Arles-sur-Rhône, 20 exemplaires de cette photographie extraite de la suite:" und handschriftlicher Ergänzung "Torres Muertos" mit schwarzem Filzstift. LITERATUR Lucien Clergue, Eros and Thanatos, New York / Boston 1985, Abb. 58. * Vollbesteuert folgerechtspflichtig
OstLicht Auctions
Jun. 05, 2024
Lucien Clergue (1934-2014)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Artist: Lucien Clergue Title: "Les géantes, Camargue" 1972 / printed 1978 Medium: gelatin silver print Dimensions: image: 9⅝ h × 14 w" on sheet: 11⅝ h × 15½ w in (30 × 39 cm) Signed to lower right 'Lucien Clergue'. titled, dated and numbered to verso ‘Giants Camargue 1978 - ref 78051/19 ex AP Lucien Clergue’ with artist's stamp.
Caza Sikes
Jun. 05, 2024
Lucien Clergue (1934-2014)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Artist: Lucien Clergue Title: "Nude on a beach, Camargue 1971" / printed 2006 Medium: gelatin silver print Dimensions: image: 13.75 h × 9.5 w" on sheet: 16 h × 12 w in (40 × 30 cm) Signed in graphite to verso, titled in ink also to verso
Caza Sikes
Jun. 04, 2024
Lucien Clergue, Nu de la mer, 1971
Est: €800 - €1,000
Signed in felt-tip pen in the margin lower right. Signed, dated, titled and handwritten copyright notice in felt-tip pen on the verso.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Jun. 04, 2024
Lucien Clergue, Violinist, Arles, 1954
Est: €800 - €1,000
Signed in ink in the margin lower right. Signed, dated, titled and handwritten copyright notice in ink on the verso.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Jun. 02, 2024
Lucien Clergue. Langage des sables.
Est: €600 - €900
Marseille, AGEP 1980. Mit zahlreichen ganzseitigen Abbildungen nach Fotografien. Originalleinenband mit -schutzumschlag. – Widmungsexemplar. Exemplar 1 von 290 der Vorzugsausgabe mit einer signierten und nummerierten Fotografie (»tirage original«, 18 : 26,5 cm; 29,5 : 28 cm) als Beilage. – Mit zwei ausführlichen Widmungen des Fotografen unter dem Druckvermerk und auf der Fotografie »Pour Marina et Willy Staehelin«. Dem Schweizer Paar, dessen Sammlung 1997 in New York versteigert wurde, widmete Clergue das gesamte Buch (der Satzfehler in der gedruckten Widmung hier von Clergue eigenhändig korrigiert). – Mit Einleitungen von Clergue und Roland Barthes. – Dazu: Ohne Titel. Fotografie. Silbergelatine. 1966. 13,2 : 9,7 cm. Auf Kartonblatt montiert, dort signiert und datiert. – Lucien Clergue (1934–2014) wurde 2006 gemeinsam mit Yann Arthus-Bertrand als erster Fotograf in die Académie des Beaux-artes aufgenommen. 30,5 : 30 cm. [108] Seiten, 1 Faksimileblatt, 1 Foto. – Schutzumschlag mit hinterlegtem Randeinriss. [Keywords: Photography · Photo Books]
Christian Hesse Auktionen
May. 12, 2024
Lucien Clergue "Untitled"
Est: $200 - $400
Lucien Clergue (1934-2014) was a French photographer known for his captivating black and white images, particularly his iconic photographs of the Mediterranean region. He was born on August 14, 1934, in Arles, France. Clergue began his photographic career in the 1950s and became associated with the renowned photographer Pablo Picasso and the writer and filmmaker Jean Cocteau. Throughout his career, Clergue captured a wide range of subjects, including landscapes, portraits, nudes, and bullfighting. One of Clergue's notable projects was his extensive documentation of the traditional Camargue region in southern France, where he grew up. He focused on capturing the unique landscapes, local culture, and the wild white horses that inhabit the area. These images helped establish his reputation as a master of black and white photography. Clergue's photography often emphasized strong contrasts, textures, and poetic compositions. His artistic vision celebrated the beauty of his subjects while also revealing their underlying emotions and narratives. He exhibited his work extensively in galleries and museums worldwide, and his photographs are held in prestigious collections. In addition to his photographic endeavors, Clergue co-founded the Rencontres d'Arles, an annual photography festival in Arles, France, which has become one of the most prominent events in the field of photography. Lucien Clergue's contributions to the art of photography were recognized with numerous awards and honors throughout his career. His photographs continue to inspire and captivate audiences, showcasing the power of black and white imagery and the artistic possibilities within the medium. Clergue passed away on November 15, 2014, in NÃ®mes, France, leaving behind a significant legacy in the world of photography. Measures 10.25 x 10.28 Printed circa 1980s Verso is blank. Mounted to archival quality paper.
Morgan Auctions