Pierre Boucher (1908-2000) - Nu à la chevelure (1943)
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Pierre Boucher - Nu à la chevelure (1943)
Hand print analogue from the darkroom.
High-quality baryta print in excellent condition (slight curling at the upper edge, due to manufacturing process)
Hand signed by Pierre Boucher. Later print from 1991.
Pierre Boucher (1908–2000) was a French photographer, graphic designer, and one of the notable figures of French avant-garde photography during the 1930s and 1940s. Closely associated with the visual culture of Surrealism and the New Vision, he explored photography far beyond conventional representation, experimenting with photograms, photomontage, solarization, multiple exposure, collage, unusual viewpoints, and the graphic possibilities of the photographic image. His work often moved freely between fine-art photography, advertising, publishing, and modern graphic design, reflecting the close relationship between photography and the printed image in interwar Paris. Boucher is particularly admired for his inventive studies of the human body, including numerous surreal and highly stylized nudes in which the figure is transformed through light, movement, cropping, superimposition, and abstraction. His photographs were included in Formes nues in 1935, an important publication in the history of modern nude photography, and his experimental approach places him within the broader generation of European photographers who redefined the medium between the wars. A member of Alliance Photo, Boucher developed a distinctive visual language that combined Surrealist imagination, modernist formal discipline, and a strong sensitivity to the physical presence of the body. Today, his work is held in major institutional collections, including the Centre Pompidou, and remains significant to the history of French modernist photography, Surrealism, experimental photography, photomontage, and the photographic nude.**
The photograph will be carefully packaged and sent with tracking.
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.
Pierre Boucher - Nu à la chevelure (1943)
Hand print analogue from the darkroom.
High-quality baryta print in excellent condition (slight curling at the upper edge, due to manufacturing process)
Hand signed by Pierre Boucher. Later print from 1991.
Pierre Boucher (1908–2000) was a French photographer, graphic designer, and one of the notable figures of French avant-garde photography during the 1930s and 1940s. Closely associated with the visual culture of Surrealism and the New Vision, he explored photography far beyond conventional representation, experimenting with photograms, photomontage, solarization, multiple exposure, collage, unusual viewpoints, and the graphic possibilities of the photographic image. His work often moved freely between fine-art photography, advertising, publishing, and modern graphic design, reflecting the close relationship between photography and the printed image in interwar Paris. Boucher is particularly admired for his inventive studies of the human body, including numerous surreal and highly stylized nudes in which the figure is transformed through light, movement, cropping, superimposition, and abstraction. His photographs were included in Formes nues in 1935, an important publication in the history of modern nude photography, and his experimental approach places him within the broader generation of European photographers who redefined the medium between the wars. A member of Alliance Photo, Boucher developed a distinctive visual language that combined Surrealist imagination, modernist formal discipline, and a strong sensitivity to the physical presence of the body. Today, his work is held in major institutional collections, including the Centre Pompidou, and remains significant to the history of French modernist photography, Surrealism, experimental photography, photomontage, and the photographic nude.**
The photograph will be carefully packaged and sent with tracking.
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 Boucher (1908-2000)
Sold by
Owner or reseller
Title of artwork
Nu à la chevelure (1943)
Condition
Extremely fine
Technique
Gelatin-silver print
Height
30 cm
Width
40 cm
Signature
Signed
Genre
Nude
