Paul Outerbridge
Images de Deauville

Paul Outerbridge, Jr. © G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA

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Artist Paul OuterbridgeAmerican, 1896–1958

CultureAmerican

Titles

Images de Deauville

Datec. 1936

PlaceUnited States

MediumCarbro print

DimensionsImage: 17 1/8 × 12 1/2 in. (43.5 × 31.8 cm)
Sheet: 17 3/4 × 13 1/2 in. (45.1 × 34.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2002.3165

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionAn advertising photographer as well as a fine-art photographer, Paul Outerbridge was a master of the complex “carbro” color process that was the favored process in the 1930s and 1940s for color images destined for the printed pages of magazines. While color photography signaled “commercial” and black-and-white signaled “art,” Outerbridge believed that the sharp and vividly hued prints that attracted the public in advertising could be just as appealing in traditional art genres such as portraiture, still life, or studies of the nude. Here, he assembled objects that reference the seaside town of Deauville, France, with its Grand Casino and luxurious beaches—the gleaming roulette ball, smooth die, ridged seashell, and painted seascape—all set within a frame like a Surrealist diorama.
ProvenanceLois Outerbridge, Laguna Beach; ex-collection Laguna Beach Museum of Art; Christie's, New York, 1996, lot 300; James Danziger Gallery, New York; G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Santa Monica; David Trockel, Los Angeles (by exchange);
Exhibition History"Foto A-Z. Fotografen, die wir gezeigt haben, und die, die wir immer schon gerne gezeigt hätten," ("Foto A-Z...all the photographers we have ever shown or would have loved to show,"), NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft Düsseldorf, Germany, September 28, 2013–January 5, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Series of printed labels mounted on grey mat boards-removed & placed in accession file.

69. "Images de Deauville", [Still-Life with Yellow Pyramid], c. 1936, Carbro-color print, 161/4 x 121/2 / (41.2 x 32.8), Laguna Beach Museum of Art /[in pencil circled] 37 / [square address label printed in blue, black and red] LAGUNA BEACH MUSEUM OF ART / 307 CLIFF DRIVE / LAGUNA BEACH, CA. 92651 / TO:

James Danziger / Gallery / 130 Prince Street New York NY 10012 / Paul Outerbridge, Jr. / Images de Deauville, 1936 / 16.25 x 12.5 inch Color Carbo Print

S.K. JOSEFSBERG STUDIO / INCORPORATED / 403 NW ELEVENTH AVENUE / PORTLAND, OREGON 97209 / TEL 503.241.9112 / FAX 503.241.9667

GALLERIA / D' ARTE MODERNA / BOLOGNA / Autore: Paul (Everard) Outerbridge Jr. / Titolo: Images de Deauville, ca. 1936 / Mostra: La natura della natura morta / 1 dicembre 2001-1 aprile 2002

PAUL OUTERBRIDGE / IMAGES DE DEAUVILLE, c. 1936 / CARBRO-COLOR PRINT / GIFT OF LOIS OUTERBRIDGE, 1968

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