Pierre Boulat (1924–1998) - Brigitte Bardot, c.1950
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Brigitte Bardot, c.1950, gelatin-silver print, with agency stamp in violet ink (verso).
In very fine condition, slight corner bumps. Please check the scans for details.
Pierre Boulat (1924–1998) was a French photojournalist best known for his exclusive collaboration with Life magazine from 1957 to 1972. Working across international news, fashion, cinema, politics, and celebrity portraiture, he photographed leading figures including Brigitte Bardot, Maria Callas, Federico Fellini, François Truffaut, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Charlotte Rampling, and Yves Saint Laurent. Boulat combined the immediacy of classic postwar photojournalism with an elegant and intimate approach to portraiture, placing his work within the great tradition of twentieth-century illustrated magazines such as Life and Paris Match. He also created photographic backgrounds for Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, and today his photographs are valued as refined documents of French cinema, haute couture, European cultural life, and mid-century celebrity photography.
Brigitte Bardot (1934–2025) was a French actress, model, singer, and cultural icon who became one of the most internationally recognisable figures of postwar European cinema. After beginning her career as a fashion model, she achieved worldwide fame through Roger Vadim’s And God Created Woman in 1956, a film that established her as a symbol of youthful freedom, sensuality, Saint-Tropez glamour, and the changing sexual culture of the 1950s and 1960s. Bardot appeared in major French and international productions directed by filmmakers including Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean-Luc Godard, Louis Malle, and Claude Autant-Lara, with notable films such as La Vérité, Le Mépris, Viva Maria! and Une Parisienne. Known universally by her initials “B.B.,” she influenced fashion, photography, cinema, music, and popular culture, and remains closely associated with French New Wave cinema, vintage glamour, the bikini, and the visual mythology of the Côte d’Azur. After retiring from film in 1973, she devoted the rest of her public life to animal welfare and founded the Brigitte Bardot Foundation in 1986.
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Brigitte Bardot, c.1950, gelatin-silver print, with agency stamp in violet ink (verso).
In very fine condition, slight corner bumps. Please check the scans for details.
Pierre Boulat (1924–1998) was a French photojournalist best known for his exclusive collaboration with Life magazine from 1957 to 1972. Working across international news, fashion, cinema, politics, and celebrity portraiture, he photographed leading figures including Brigitte Bardot, Maria Callas, Federico Fellini, François Truffaut, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Charlotte Rampling, and Yves Saint Laurent. Boulat combined the immediacy of classic postwar photojournalism with an elegant and intimate approach to portraiture, placing his work within the great tradition of twentieth-century illustrated magazines such as Life and Paris Match. He also created photographic backgrounds for Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, and today his photographs are valued as refined documents of French cinema, haute couture, European cultural life, and mid-century celebrity photography.
Brigitte Bardot (1934–2025) was a French actress, model, singer, and cultural icon who became one of the most internationally recognisable figures of postwar European cinema. After beginning her career as a fashion model, she achieved worldwide fame through Roger Vadim’s And God Created Woman in 1956, a film that established her as a symbol of youthful freedom, sensuality, Saint-Tropez glamour, and the changing sexual culture of the 1950s and 1960s. Bardot appeared in major French and international productions directed by filmmakers including Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean-Luc Godard, Louis Malle, and Claude Autant-Lara, with notable films such as La Vérité, Le Mépris, Viva Maria! and Une Parisienne. Known universally by her initials “B.B.,” she influenced fashion, photography, cinema, music, and popular culture, and remains closely associated with French New Wave cinema, vintage glamour, the bikini, and the visual mythology of the Côte d’Azur. After retiring from film in 1973, she devoted the rest of her public life to animal welfare and founded the Brigitte Bardot Foundation in 1986.
Seller's Story
International bidders are very welcome.
Please kindly note that shipments to destinations outside the EU customs territory and/or EU VAT area may be subject to import duties, local taxes, customs clearance fees, or other import-related charges.
Such charges are not included in the purchase price or shipping costs and, where applicable, are the responsibility of the buyer.
Buyers are kindly advised to take any potential import costs into consideration before bidding.
Details
Artist
Pierre Boulat (1924–1998)
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Owner or reseller
Title of artwork
Brigitte Bardot, c.1950
Condition
Very fine
Technique
Gelatin-silver print
Height
24 cm
Width
18 cm
Signature
Stamped
Genre
Portrait
