Sotheby's, New York, 5 May 1988, lot 388 Phillips de Pury & Company New York, Collection of Corbeau et Renard assembled by Gerd Sander, 9 April 2008, lot 266
Literature
Thomas, Lisette Model, pl. 15 Corbeau & Renard, La trajectoire du regard, p. 238
Catalogue Essay
The beggar depicted here, known as the 'gondolier' for the walking staff he carried with him, was immortalized in portraits by both Model and André Kertész in the 1930s. The unusual newspaper mount was cleverly used by Model to demonstrate to newspaper editors her work in context as a tactic to sell them her images. Other examples of this rare mounting process are in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles and the National Gallery of Canada.