Lucien Clergue Signed 1977 Bullfight Nimes France 9.75x14 Photograph

Lucien Clergue Signed 1977 Bullfight Nimes France 9.75"x14" Photograph. Taken in 1977, printed in 1983. Signed under the image, titled and dated on the back. Matted with 16"x20" museum board and framed, photos for listing were taken before we framed the photo.

At the age of 7 he began learning to play the violin, and after several years of study his teacher admitted that he had nothing more to teach him. Clergue was from a family of shopkeepers and could not afford to pursue further studies in a college or university school of music, such as a conservatory.

In 1949, he learned the basics of photography. Four years later, at a corrida in Arles, he showed his photographs to Spanish painter Pablo Picasso who, though subdued, asked to see more of his work. Within a year and a half, young Clergue worked on his photography with the goal of sending more images to Picasso. During this period, he worked on a series of photographs of travelling entertainers, acrobats and harlequins, the « Saltimbanques ».

He also worked on a series whose subject was carrion. Clergue's photographs are in the collections of numerous well-known museums and private collectors. His photographs have been exhibited in over 100 solo exhibitions worldwide, with noted exhibitions such as in 1961, at the Museum of Modern Art New York, the last exhibition organized by Edward Steichen with Lucien Clergue, Bill Brandt and Yasuhiro Ishimoto. Museums with large collections of his work include The Fogg Museum at Harvard University and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. His work, Fontaines du Grand Palais (Fountains of the Grand Palais), is in Museo cantonale d'arte [de] of Lugano. His photographs of Jean Cocteau are on permanent display at the Jean Cocteau Museum in Menton, France. An exhibition of the Cocteau photographs was premiered at Westwood Gallery, New York City. In 2007, the city of Arles honored Lucien Clergue and dedicated a retrospective collection of 360 of his photographs dating from 1953 to 2007.

He also received the 2007 Lucie Award. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Photographic Images\Photographs". The seller is "russlevin" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Type: Photograph
Signed: Yes
Photographer: Lucian Clergue
Image Color: Black & White
Production Technique: Gelatin-Silver Print
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Framing: Framed
Subject: Bullfight