Jean Painlevé et Éli Lotar

Jean Painlevé et Éli Lotar, Rostre sur le nez de la crevette, c. 1929

Vintage gelatin silver print, 8 3/4 x 6 3/8 in. (22.2 x 16.2 cm)

[rostrum/ridge on the shrimp's nose] (most likely made during the filming of Crabes et Crevettes)
see More Info below for a link to an excerpt of the film

8056

$7,500

Jean Painlevé et Éli Lotar, Détails trés grossis du rostre de la tÁªte d'une crevette, 1929

Vintage gelatin silver print, 8 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. (20.6 x 15.6 cm)

[Very enlarged details of the rostrum of the head of a shrimp]
most likely made during the filming of Crabes et Crevettes
see More Info below for a link to an excerpt of the film and a link to a print of the same image at Centre Pompidou

7597

$7,500

Jean Painlevé et Éli Lotar, Pince de Homard, 1929

Vintage gelatin silver print, 5 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (13.7 x 8.6 cm)

[Lobster Claw] Later titled "Pince de Homard ou de Gaulle" after the French President in 1945 removed Painleve as director of French cinema.
see More Info below for a link to a print of the same image at Centre Pompidou.

8060

$6,000