110. Willy Ronis (b.1910) portfolio no.2, 1947 - 1994 Seven gelatin silver prints printed on Kodak photographic paper in 1997, each print signed in ink on recto margin bottom right by the photographer, edition of 11/25, cased in blue card portfolio with label adhered to front that reads Willy Ronis L’ombre du pain, Texte de Didier Daeninckx, Portfolio 1947- 1994 , contains colophon detailing the contents in French and edition information with Willy Ronis and Pierre-Jean Amar signatures.
The photographs in the portfolio are:
Place Vendôme, Paris, 1947
Le Zoo-Circus Achille Zavatta, Paris, 1949
Le petit Parisian, Paris, 1952
Châtelet-les-Halles, Paris, 1979
New York, New York, 1981
Paris, Paris, 1990
Parc André Citroën, Paris, 1994
paper size 30.5 x 24cm (12 x 9½ in.) acid free paper mount size 40 x 30cm (15¾ x12 in.) portfolio size 45 x 33cm (17¾ x 13 in.) 3.5cm (1½ in.) deep. (7)
est. £6000 – £8000
Pierre-Jean Amar collaborated with the photographer on four portfolios between 1985-2003 surveying the career of Willy Ronis. PJ Amar is both a photographer and the Artistic Director of a cultural association in Aix-en-Provence. He has also lectured in the history of photography for 28 years at the University of Aix-en-Provence.