Jean Moral (1906-1999) Juliette at the Beach, c. 1933. Vintage silver print, mounted on cardboard and signed in pencil on the mount, lower right. Stamped "Jean Moral - Paris" and negative number on reverse. 26.6 x 22.8 cm Provenance : Brigitte Moral, daughter of Jean Moral. "If it hadn't been for the strong bond between us, the spontaneous force evident in these photographs would not have existed. [...] For me, the camera was a kind of play device, and with Juliette it was never a matter of posing. [...] These photographs are the expression of our joie de vivre, our shared happiness. (Interview by Jean Moral with Christian Bouqueret, in Jean Moral, l'œil capteur, p. 14)

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