602 - Robert Doisneau* (Gentilly 1912 - 1994 Mountrouge)

Robert Doisneau* (Gentilly 1912 - 1994 Mountrouge) Kinetic sculpture by Nicolas Schöffer, 1955 vintage gelatin silver print 22,8 x 18 cm verso photorapher's stamp SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE € 1000 - 1800 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE € 1000 Robert Doisneau (1912–1994) was a French photographer and one of the most renowned figures of humanist photography. After training as an engraver and working initially as a photographer—including as an industrial photographer—he increasingly turned his attention to everyday life in Paris. Using his Leica, he captured streets, suburbs, cafés, markets, and, above all, the lives of children; spontaneous encounters, playful situations, and casual moments became characteristic subjects of his work. His photographs appeared in *Vogue* and other international magazines. Doisneau became famous for his poetic yet humorous view of Paris—a perspective that treated the daily lives of ordinary people with the same seriousness as unusual situations, thereby leaving a lasting mark on the visual culture of post-war France. His work belongs to the tradition of French humanist and subjective photography and is closely linked to photographers such as Willy Ronis, Pierre Jahan, and Henri Cartier-Bresson. Together with Ronis and other members of the *Groupe des XV*, he developed a human-centric form of street and documentary photography in which Paris itself becomes a protagonist. At the same time, Doisneau was deeply connected to the Parisian art scene, photographing artists such as Alberto Giacometti, Pablo Picasso, and Georges Braque. His images of children and their street culture clearly reveal his interest in play, movement, and the realities of everyday social life. Spanning reportage, artist portraiture, and poetic street photography, his work thus bridges the humanist tradition with a personal and often humorous visual language. PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights and platform fee. In the case of normal taxation (marked ° at the estimate), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax is added to the sum of the highest bid, the buyer's premium and platform fee. This amounts to 13% for paintings, drawings, graphic works and sculptures and 20% for photographs and all other items. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.