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JACQUES HENRI LARTIGUE

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JACQUES HENRI LARTIGUE
Aeroplane watching at Issy-les-Moulineaux, May 1911
gelatin silver print
variously captioned/annotated and dated 'MAI 11' by Lartigue, credited 'PHOTO J.H. LARTIGUE', signed and variously annotated by Florette in pencil/ink on verso
2¼ x 3¼in. (5.8 x 8cm.)

From the artist;
by descent to his wife Florette (1921-2000);
acquired by the present owner, 1996.

Specialist note

Lartigue's older brother Maurice, nicknamed Zissou, began building flying machines as a teenager and the two brothers frequented the airfield at Issy-les-Moulineaux. There they witnessed the maiden flights of the first aeroplanes.